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Up and over: (main photo) Leongathaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eleanor Patterson soars over the bar on the way to a gold medal at the IAAF Junior World Championships in the Ukraine at the weekend, and (bottom) shows off her gold medal on the podium. Photos courtesy Athletics Australia.

Leongatha girl jumps 1.88m to be crowned

WORLD CHAMP

By Jacob de Kunder

LEONGATHAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Eleanor Patterson has been named world junior high jump champion after winning gold at the IAAF Junior World Championships in the Ukraine at the weekend. Patterson jumped a personal best of 1.88 metres to

take the honour. After being the last to qualify for the final, the 17 year old left all but one competitor behind when she cleared 1.82m. Her jump of 1.85m secured her gold over Italian Erika Furlani but Patterson pushed on, and succeeded, with a 1.88m jump but failed to reach the 1.91m she had pushed herself to. Continued on page 4.

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Meeniyan sizzles MEENIYAN was buzzing with people on Saturday, as the main street came to life for the annual Meeniyan on Fire festival.

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The street celebration featured stalls, abseiling by South Gippsland District Scouts, a smoke house staged by the MeeniyanStony Creek CFA, and

wandering displays by the members of the Leongatha Medieval Society. Children enjoyed a jumping castle, face painting and tasty food, while adults cast their vote on a logo for the Tarwin Valley to promote the region’s produce. The event was staged by the Meeniyan Traders Association. More photos online at www.thestar.com.au

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Lucky to be alive FOSTER Police Sergeant Neil Coates said a collision between a truck and a car last Thursday near Meeniyan could have been avoided with a little more care. It also could have been a lot worse. The crash involved an empty Storrs Transport truck travelling down the South Gippsland Highway and a car turning off the Meeniyan Promontory Road. Sgt Coates said if the truck had been laden with

cattle, the driver would not have been able to take the evasive action he did. As it was, the truck driver was able to swerve, clipping the vehicle rather than ploughing headlong into it. The car driver, from Buffalo, has been issued with a notice for failing to give way. He could also face charges. Above: the truck is removed from the South Gippsland Highway. Left: Sergeant Neil Caotes of Foster Police directs traffic at the accident scene.

Overdose alarm Drug busts at Leongatha, Wonthaggi, Dalyston

While the figures represent a sharp increase in overdoses in the local drug scene, many more cases are flying under the radar. Leongatha Memorial Hospital recorded 16 admissions for drug overdoses between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013, though the true figure is suspected to be much higher, with ‘urgent care’ presentations not included in the data. In the previous 12 months, 25 admissions were recorded. An FOI request for figures in the 24 month

cohol and Drug Related Ambulance Attendances in Victoria, found a massive increase in the number of ice-related ambulance callouts during 2011-12. The research also found rates of attendances in regional Victoria were higher for cannabis, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, antipsychotics, opioid analgesics and other analgesics when compared with metropolitan Melbourne. Turning Point researcher Dr Belinda Lloyd said crystal methamphetamine use had the potential to have “severe mental and physical effects”, particularly when used with other drugs. Ambulance Victoria’s manager for research and evaluation Associate Professor Karen Smith said drug and alcohol abuse was “having obvious impacts on the workload of

our paramedics”. Locally, police have executed a number of drug busts on houses in recent times. In the latest, which took place last Friday morning (July 12), police used a sniffer dog to net marijuana and fireworks in Blackmore Avenue, Leongatha, with a 31 year old man charged with a number of offences. Police say the Leongatha man will front court at a later date. The raid follows on from the arrest of a 19 year old Mirboo North man on Friday, July 5, in Leongatha, for the trafficking of ice. Meanwhile, larger raids have occurred in Wonthaggi and Dalyston. On Thursday, July 4, Morwell police seized more than $80,000 worth of drugs, plus cash and a BMW. The couple – one of whom was a 21 year old

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My quarter century: Bass MP reflects By Jane Ross IT’S the question everyone’s asking him. Will you retire at the 2014 state election Ken? He’s good natured about having to respond yet again. He’ll make a decision at the end of this year when pre selection is likely. He’ll turn 70 at the end of next year. Ken Smith is the member for the Legislative Assembly seat of Bass. He said he loves what he does, his health is good but he needs to discuss the issue with Dawn, his wife of 46 years. She’s been a Trojan throughout their married life, raising their three sons while Ken worked hard in his plumbing business before his entry into politics. And that came about through a connection of hers. Speaking on the eve of his 25th anniversary as a Victorian Parliamentarian, Ken said Dawn encouraged her husband to attend a function where MP Jeff Kennett was

Stepping down: Leading Senior Constable Mal Heywood is retiring from the police force in August, after 43 years of service.

Stepping off the thin blue line By Sarah Vella AFTER joining the force at the tender age of 18, Toora’s Leading Senior Constable Mal Heywood will call it a day on August 3, 43 years on. LS/C Heywood has been officer in charge of the one man police station for the last 16 years. “I joined the police force on August 3, 1970 and completed my training at the old St Kilda Road depot,” he said. “From there I went to Russell Street, then to Maidstone Station. I worked in the western suburbs of Melbourne around Sunshine, Footscray and Maidstone until 1974. “April 14, 1974 was the first time I walked up the path to the Toora Police Station, and it was the greatest day of my life.” LS/C Heywood said Toora was a two man station back then and he stayed until August 1982, when he transferred to Yarram. “I stayed at Yarram until September 1988 and then I transferred to Foster Police Station. I stayed at Foster until I transferred back to Toora in 1997,” he said. LS/C Heywood spent his younger years in Promontory Road at Black Swamp. “I went Foster Primary School and Foster High School,” he said. “South Gippsland has been really great to me and my family. All three of our children were educated in Foster. “It is a great place to live and the people here are a wonderful bunch.” LS/C Heywood said even in the toughest times, the people of South Gippsland are resilient and overall, pro-police. “They take pride in where they live, which helps to make living and working in the area a better experience,” he said. “You get what you deserve when it comes to policing, and South Gippsland has the best police force because they deserve it.” Watching people grow, and the way

they live their lives to become a valued member of the community when perhaps they weren’t for some time, is one of L/ SC Heywood’s highlights as a police officer. “Another highlight has been visiting schools and just watching over the years the children grow from prep to adulthood,” he said. “In my time, the police I have worked with have offered their communities great value. They have all been hard working, responsible police persons.” Police were once responsible for duties now covered by VicRoads including licence testing, which LS/C Heywood said gave him a few memorable moments. “I said to one learner driver: ‘I need to go to the electrical store under the veranda of the Toora pub’,” he said. “The young fellow just turned straight up on to the footpath and took out a pole and stopped just before the brick wall. “Needless to say I walked back to the office after that.” In his retirement, LS/C Heywood will pursue his interest in photography, and spend more quality time with his family, including his four grandchildren. “We have bought a caravan and as soon as my wife Anne finishes work in around October, we intend to start travelling,” he said. “Our aim is to complete a trip from Darwin, down the west coast and back to Victoria in the next couple of years.” Becoming a member of the police force is something LS/C Heywood would “absolutely” recommend. “The police force is such a diverse organisation with many facets,” he said. “You can become highly trained in many different areas. For someone seeking a new career, the Victorian Police Force is a great place to be.” The Foster members and Brenda Jordan have organised a public farewell for LS/C Heywood at the Welshpool Hotel on Thursday, August 5. Anybody wishing to attend the event should phone Brenda at the Foster Police Station.

Stimulating life: in his 25 years as a Victorian MP, Ken Smith has learned “to walk with kings nor lose the common touch” (Kipling).

speaking. Ken had followed his family’s tradition of voting Labor, but after listening to Mr Kennett at that event in 1980, he turned to Dawn and said, “I must be a Liberal.” He joined the party that night, took different branch positions, joined the Victorian executive and eventually stood for pre selection for a Lower House seat. He wasn’t successful but two weeks later, gained pre selection for the Legislative Council seat of South Eastern Province from which the late Roy Ward was retiring. “I was pre selected on the first ballot which was a pretty good sign,” Ken said. Two others who entered parliament at the same time were Denis Napthine and Peter Hall. Dr Napthine is now Premier and Mr Hall the Minister for Higher Education and Minister Responsible for the Teaching Profession. Ken himself is the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, a role he both relishes and finds exasperating. He said it’s a good thing the Speaker no longer has a gavel because there are some politicians he’d be tempted to hurl it at. But there’s karma there because Opposition tactics on the floor of the house are no different from the ones Ken himself has employed in the past. During the last sitting, Ken reminded his unruly parliamentary colleagues they were not at a game of football. After serving the Legislative Council for 14 years, Ken took up the cudgels to try to wrest the new seat of Bass from Independent Susan Davies. She had come to parliament on a by-election, representing the old seat of

Starting out: Ken Smith on his first day as a Victorian MP, entering the office being vacated by a retiring Roy Ward. Gippsland West, vacated in 1996 by Alan Brown who had been appointed Victoria’s Agent-General in London. Ken tipped her out in 2002. He maintains two offices; one in Wonthaggi, the other in Pakenham, staffed by people who are part of the reason he loves his work. There’s further appeal helping constituents. “I know it sounds corny, but I really enjoy that. My door is open to everyone. If they want help, they get it.” He relishes their letters of thanks. But it’s not all rosy for politics has a nasty side. Ken experienced that in 1992 when, as a board member of the Independent News Group, the ALP claimed he was in “an office of profit” because the group’s newspaper was taking government advertising, a government he was part of. “That was a real drama for me because my integrity was being questioned. “I was cleared but I had

to employ a barrister and a solicitor. The paper had to open all its books, I had to open all my books and I ended up with a legal bill of $38,000 – a lot of money then.” On the up side, Ken has enjoyed promoting Victoria in China. “I’ve built a rapport with a number of provinces including Shandong – they made me an honorary citizen in 2004. That’s a great honour and I was pretty chuffed about that.” He’s in China this week to receive another honorary citizenship, this time from Jiangsu Province. The relationships are worth nurturing because China is our biggest trading partner. Ken’s role as Speaker gives him membership of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association which assists the governments of Tuvalu and Nauru. He meets with ambassadors and consuls general, giving another interesting aspect to a varied life.

World champ Continued from page 1. Asked if a gold medal was always her goal, Patterson said: “No, a PB was the goal. Whatever comes with a PB I’m happy with. It was gold this time, which is good.” Asked how she felt about her new status as the world youth high jump champion, a humble Patterson responded: “Yes, it sounds very nice, happy with it. “The competition went pretty good. I was fairly clean overall until that 88. But then I cleared that in the end. I was upset that I didn’t get the 91 but that’s next time.” Patterson was joined by her parents, Helen and Mark, in the Ukraine as well as coach David Green and his wife Lyndall. Mrs Patterson told The Star Eleanor said she would not be on the podium without her coach and his commitment to her training, nor without the support of his family. “We would also like mention our thanks to everybody who supported her by coming to her fundraising night or donating money to help get her to Ukraine,” she said. South Gippsland Shire mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy said this is a great achievement that needs to be recognised. “I will be following up with her family and hopefully having a din-

World champ: Leongatha’s Eleanor Patterson waits to receive her gold medal. ner to congratulate her on this great achievement,” he said. “I really think this is something that needs to be done.” News spread quickly after her win in the early hours of Saturday morning, Australian time. Patterson was the talk of the town and social media, and was flooded with messages of congratulations. Fellow Australian athletes congratulated the teenager on her suc-

cess through Twitter, including Olympic gold medallist pole vaulter, Steve Hooker. Even though Patterson reached her personal best of 1.88m, she was 4cm off the youth championship record and still 21cm clear of the female world record. The community of Mary MacKillop College, where Patterson attends, was proud of her achievements. “We’re absolutely delighted for her,” college principal Michael Delaney said. “She’s done a fantastic amount of work to reach that level and she deserves every success.” The members of the Leongatha Little Athletics Club, where Eleanor once competed, also commemorated her achievement. “We are very proud of her efforts. She has done us all proud,” committee member Robyn Colwill said. “It’s fantastic to think she has got as far as she did and got a PB and the gold as well.” Ms Colwill said that to her knowledge, no past members of the club have held a world championship. The Pattersons will return home later this week after visiting Germany.

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Fed up Council takes legal action over saleyards By Jacob de Kunder SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council is taking legal action against the owner of the former Korumburra saleyards site in a bid to clean the disgraceful, messy site once and for all. This comes after council giving site owner the Rossi Group an ultimatum to comply with local laws by the end of April. “Because the deadlines haven’t been met we have had to commence the legal process and instigate actions under the local law for the cleanup

of the saleyards,” a council spokesperson told The Star. Council could not comment further or on how long the proceedings would take. The Rossi Group was contacted by The Star but did not return comment prior to publication. When The Star inspected the site last week, the newspaper encountered alcoholic beverages, bags of rubbish and even a soiled mattress dumped on the site. The old office building facing the South Gippsland Highway is overgrown with weeds, has countless smashed windows and has obviously been subjected to years of vandalism.

The site has sat as an eyesore at the town’s entrance for years and Korumburra Business Association president David Amor said he was overjoyed by council’s action. “It’s absolutely fantastic, but it’s almost two months after the fact and if it’s not for me pushing and the paper asking the question how, it would sit on the back burner,” he said. “I want to know if this will be cleaned up in five years or six months if this action is successful, that’s what I want to know.” Mr Amor has been campaigning for the site to be cleaned up for years because of the site’s weedy, overgrown appearance and safety risks.

“Kids can get in over the fences that are poorly done,” he said. “The gates, you can just about walk under some of them, and a kid can get in there quite easily. “What do we need? A kid to go in there and die or get seriously injured before something gets done?” Mr Amor said the community was sick of waiting. “The community and I want to hold the Rossi Group accountable if anything happens in and around there,” he said. “I’m sick of people dumping rubbish off, dumping cars. It’s obvious when you go up to the front blocks that people

But when?: Korumburra Business Association president David Amor is sceptical legal action by council to clean the Korumburra saleyards will see the site made safe soon. drink around there because of the amount of alcohol cans.” The overgrown grasses and shrubbery are cause for concern, Mr Amor said. “Every year it becomes a bigger and bigger fire risk,” he said. “We’ve got two houses that back onto the saleyards and yes, the Rossi

Group has trimmed back from around those houses, but sitting right next to the fences are piles of the cuttings, big enough to be bonfires. They are just underneath trees. “Do we have to wait until summer time and they catch on fire, because then there goes house one

and house two. “If anything happens to anyone regarding those saleyards, I want the Rossi Group to be hit with the full brunt of the law because it just isn’t fair.” Shire mayor councillor Kieran Kennedy was contacted but refused to comment on any ongoing legal matters involving council.

Fodder crisis hits home SOUTH Gippsland farmers are facing a fodder shortfall similar to that experienced by farmers in Victoria’s south west. Victorian Farmers Federation president Peter Tuohey said many farmers have little or no fodder in reserve, and are battling to find good quality feed after one of the driest nine month spells in the state’s history. “While we’ve had rain, the cold has slowed pasture growth. This is why we’ve established a register, so these farmers can source fodder, but more needs to be done,” he said. Gordon Vagg, president of the South Gippsland branch of the VFF, said farmers across Victoria are in the same predicament. “Most years, the northern and the western districts have a good season and you can buy hay from there. But it has been a poor season everywhere so there is nowhere to source the hay from,” the Leongatha South dairy farmer said. “I believe Murray Goulburn and Browns Stockfeed can source a bit and there is still a little a little bit about down here, but it is expensive.” Mr Vagg said now the days are getting longer, this may be the right time to encourage pasture growth with the addition of urea. “We are overdue for a decent spring and feed and hay are going to be short all the way through to the next harvest,” he said.

Cattle prices are rising slowly, which may entice more farmers to offload stock they can’t afford to feed. “The trouble is because the prices have been so low, people have been holding off on that too, so there is likely to be an influx when the prices come up,” Mr Vagg said. “But the whole of Australia’s abattoirs are at capacity and are only taking small amounts because their export orders are full. “Everything is going against us at the moment.” Chris Brown from Browns Stockfeed in Leongatha has been able to source haylage from South Australia. “We have pretty well got a constant supply, which is lucky because there is nothing else about. The Western District has taken most of it,” he said. “It has been tough for farmers, however milk prices this season are good but they will still need to pay a lot to catch up. “It has put a bit of confidence back in the industry.” Mr Brown said most farmers had no choice but to buy in supplementary feed this year. “We are lucky we have had a few weeks of sun after the rain and the grass is still growing. If it was the usual wet winter, we would be in all sorts of trouble,” he said. GippsDairy project director Annette Zurrer said many farmers were struggling to source affordable feed, especially with cash flow already so tight. In response to the situation, a series of informa-

tion sessions on fodder alternatives and winter feed strategies were organised last month around Gippsland. “Knowing affordable feed was going to be scarce this winter, Dairy Australia and GippsDairy used dairy levy funds to run the Bowling Through Winter days, which provided invaluable information on maximising nutrition while minimising costs for the next few months,” she said. “No one can do much about too much or too little rain, but farmers have been keen to obtain every scrap of information on how to make the best of a bad situation.” Ms Zurrer said optimism was slowly growing, after a hard 12 months for Gippsland dairy farmers, the industry outlook was improving. “With improved open-

Take a look: Chris Brown of Brown’s Stockfeed takes a core sample from a load of haylage to determine the nutrient content . ing prices from the factories and promising seasonal climate predictions, we all have fingers crossed that better things lie ahead,” she said.

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Back to basics: Meredith Freeman (right) of Grow Lightly inspired the crowd with her talk about winter vegetable gardening at Coal Creek Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market on Saturday. She urged people to plant the correct seeds to produce the right pumpkins, and offered tips for successful grape, berry, rhubarb and asparagus growing. The sizeable crowd enjoyed the regular delights of bread, fruit, vegetables, wines, cheese, meat, berries, honey and even apple strudel. Mrs Freeman was joined at the Grow Lightly stand by Gina Cowling, selling locally grown seasonal produce.

Market takes next step THE Coal Creek Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market is about to become independent. After two and a half years operating under the management of South Gippsland Shire Council, via the Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, the market working group is embarking on the next step of the marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evolution and becoming an incorporated group. The market will continue to operate from its wellknown location at the Coal Creek car park, but with a new market manager and committee that will develop the market further and explore new opportunities under an independently incorporated structure. Coal Creek Community Park and Museum management, who have closely supported the market since its establishment, will continue to work in collaboration with new market manager Chris Furness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The growth of the Coal Creek Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market is a credit to everyone who helped to establish it,â&#x20AC;? Coal Creek coordinator Rowena Ashley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The incorporation of the market shows just how strong and independent the market now is. Coal Creek will continue to be keen supporters. I have enjoyed working with the group and wish them well in the future as they manage a market they love. This is an important next step for them and their ability to stand on their own two feet.â&#x20AC;? The Coal Creek Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market was established by a group of enthusiastic locals who became volunteers to Coal Creek. They believed a regular farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market stocking fresh, predominantly local food items, would complement Korumburraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong event calendar. Working with council, a grant was secured and the site at Coal Creek car park was selected. Today, the market hosts more than 24 stallholders and attracts a loyal customer base. The market is held on the second Saturday of each month from 8amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;1pm.

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Save our reserves By Brad Lester VENUS Bay residents fear South Gippsland Shire Council could sell more reserves in their town. Residents say they deserve more public open space, not less, in the wake of plans by council to sell reserves in the town. The Tarwin Lower Venus Bay Association has joined with the Friends of

the Venus Bay Peninsula to lobby council to not proceed with plans to sell the land. Council will hold a public meeting on September 18 to hear public submissions about the sale of the following Venus Bay properties: 1 Neil Street, 1A Noble Street, 3 McMillan Street, 8 June Court, 8 Gary Court, 8A Margaret Avenue, and 2224 Fishermans Road. At its June 26 meeting,

council voted to sell lots 4, 5, and 6, Juno Road, all vacant council owned land. Objectors say there is already excessive land for sale around Venus Bay and many blocks have remained on the market for too long. Lorraine Norden, a member of the association and peninsula group was less than impressed with council’s plan. “I believe there are 30

reserves in town. Who’s to say they are not going to sell more next time?” she said. “Venus Bay is less than two per cent open space and they are trying to take away what little we have got.” Her husband Will Norden said council stood to make up to $400 million from the sales and should reinvest those funds into Venus Bay. Council told Venus Bay residents funds

would go into general revenue, he said. Friends group co-covenor Janet Carey was concerned the reserves would be cleared of vegetation if sold for housing. “There are more than 30 reserves throughout the first and second estates of Venus Bay and they are important refuges for animals from human activity,” she said. “Some of the blocks may look degraded but all

they need is appropriate management for them to regenerate.” Many of the reserves destined for sale have hollows and are unsuitable for building homes, opponents to the sale claim. “Maybe when they designed the original subdivision they decided these hollows would be unsuitable for building a house,” Mrs Norden said. “The majority of the community values the reserves we have here.

That’s why we chose to live here,” Ms Carey said. Ms Norden noted the prevalence of native grassland around Venus Bay and on the reserves earmarked for sale. She emphasised the need to protect these lots given only one per cent of such grassland remains in Victoria. The Venus Bay community fought against a council plan to sell reserves in 2008 and has pledged to oppose this latest bid with the same vigour.

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Fastest kids on two wheels

Ideas, ideas: Tarwin Valley Development Group members, from left, Andrew McEwen, Jenny O’Sullivan and Lindsay Moore discuss logo concepts.

WATCH out South Gippsland, the students at Korumburra Primary School are ready to race. The school’s human powered vehicle racing team spruiked their abilities at the community stage at the Coal Creek Farmers’ Market at Korumburra on Saturday. Students told the crowd they are now in their second year of competition, and this year will take on a 12 hour event at Cranbourne’s Casey Fields in October and the major race at Maryborough in November. The team comprises students from grades 5 and 6, and is led by teacher Craig Friebe. “We started with an old pushcart that was in bits and pieces, and during lunchtimes, I pulled it apart with the kids,” he said. The event teaches children fitness, engineering design, and about renewable and non renewable energy. “The biggest thing is we are getting a group of kids together that would normally not be in the school yard together, and they are focusing on one thing,” Mr Friebe said. “By the end of it, they are good mates and they will have memories that will last forever.”

Ready, set: Joel Findlay (left) and Eric Zubcic are part of Korumburra Primary School’s human powered vehicle team.

Identity search THE Tarwin Valley is on the way to having its own brand. Members of the Tarwin Valley Development Group called for public comment on proposed designs for a logo and tagline during the Meeniyan on Fire Festival on Saturday. Logos incorporated the themes of a wool stamp and fresh imagery, as well as the tagline “Our Promised Land”. The brand and website will be launched later this year, and encompass Dumbalk, Meeniyan, Stony Creek, Tarwin Lower, Venus Bay and Koonwarra. Group vice chair Lindsay Moore

said the brand would ultimately have economic benefits for the region. “The brand could be used by people who want to brand a product that is from this region or to lure people who could want to come and live here,” he said. The group is also pursuing projects based around digital arts, food and produce, and heritage and history. “We’re looking at getting funds to do signs for the back routes to get people off the main road,” group secretary Andrew McEwen said. “A lot of people from the Mornington Peninsula are coming here to live because the peninsula is not what it was when people first moved there.”

POLICE BRIEFS Noticeboard COUNCIL PUBLIC SESSIONS Council Chambers, Leongatha Public attendance welcome

funding rounds: ? Round 1 Applications Close 30 August 2013 ? Round 2 Applications Close 31 March 2014

Wed, 17 July 2013 - COUNCILLOR BRIEFINGS 1.30pm - Presentation of Volunteer DVD 2.00pm - Public Presentations– Ph: 5662 9222 to book a speaking time 7pm - Public Presentations - bookings essential by noon on 16 July Wed, 24 July 2013 - ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING – 2pm 10.00am - Public Presentations – Ph: 5662 9222 to book a speaking time 1. Notice of motion– Council involvement in MAV Social Media Strategy Development 2. Notice of motion– Secondary School Engagement with Council 3. Report on assembly of Councillors - June 2013 4. Councillor Discretionary Allocation Report 5. Documents Sealed and Contracts Awarded under Chief Executive Officer delegation - June 2013 6. Petition - Redevelopment of Old Korumburra Shire Offices as a Community Service Centre / Community Hub 7. Planning Permit Application for the building and works associated with the development of a supermarket (Aldi store) and associated signage 8. Adoption of Leongatha Industrial Land Supply Study 9. Planning Scheme Amendment C77 - Eastern District Urban Design Frameworks - Final Consideration 10. Korumburra Community Infrastructure Assessment 2013 11. Proposed new road names in the township of Korumburra and locality of Kardella and Kardella South 12. 2013/14 Worksafe Insurance Premium

Application forms and Guidelines are available from Council's Leongatha Office, www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au, or can be posted upon request. All applicants are encouraged to discuss their application with Council's Grant Officer, Penni Ellicott on 5662 9378 or email; penni.ellicott@southgippsland.vic.gov.au prior to submission.

COUNCIL SPECIAL COMMITTEES (Section 86) AGM NOTICES Nominations to Committees Invited Foster Swimming Pool Tuesday 23 July 2013, 6.30pm, Foster Hotel, Foster For Details Contact: Lisa Barham-Lomax, 0457 060 421

SGC14/03 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF GOADS ROAD BRIDGE AND ROADWORKS DUMBALK NORTH

2013/2014 COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM The South Gippsland Shire Council 2013/2014 Community Grants Program is now open. ? Applications from South Gippsland community, cultural and sporting organisations will be accepted under the following six categories: ? Small Equipment Program (Max $5,000) ? Minor Projects (Max $5,000) ? Celebrations, Festivals and Events (Max $5,000) ? Planning Development Studies (Max $10,000) ? Major Events (Max $5,000) ? Major Projects (Max $10,000)

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ADOPTION OF AMENDED ROAD MANAGEMENT PLAN In accordance with section 302 of the Road Management (General) Regulations 2005, the South Gippsland Shire Council has conducted a review of its Road Management Plan. Council, at its 26 June 2013 meeting resolved to adopt the amended Road Management Plan 2013 pursuant to sections 54 and 55 of the Road Management Act 2004. The Road Management Plan 2013 is available at South Gippsland Shire Office, 9 Smith Street, Leongatha, Victoria Or online at Council's Website: http://www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au L2P - LEARNER DRIVER MENTOR PROGRAM Council's Learner Driver Mentor Program currently has limited vacancies for Mentor Training during August. People interested in becoming mentors for young people learning to drive should contact John Ernst, L2P Program Coordinator on 56629367 or johne@southgippsland.vic.gov.au TENDERS Council is seeking submissions from qualified companies / applicants for the tenders listed:

SGC14/04 RECONSTRUCTION OF STATION STREET KORUMBURRA – STAGE 1A

COUNCIL WORKS THIS WEEK Area Works Dumbalk/Turtons Creek to Stony Crk area Road maintenance Leongatha Yarragon Road, Hallston Landslip repairs Poowong/Bena to Kongwak area Road maintenance

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Heckler nabbed A HECKLER ejected from Leongatha Junior Football Club’s comedy night fundraiser on Saturday, stole raffle prizes, including a signed Dyson Heppell football. The vocal punter, who was asked to leave Leongatha Memorial Hall after it was deemed he had taken his derisive commentary too far, stole the raffle prizes – which included the football and hampers - on his way out of the venue. The theft was discovered later in the evening, as the prizes were located at the hall’s front door, away from the performance. The hapless heckler and thief, who was recognised by a policeman attending the event, was nabbed on the same night, sitting in a vehicle with a female companion and the prizes, barely 100 metres away, in the IGA car park. The man has been bailed to appear in court at a later date.

Crash runners THE occupants of a vehicle that ploughed into a fence adjoining houses in Brown Street, Leongatha in the early hours of Sunday morning, ran away from the scene. Anyone who has details of the accidents should contact Leongatha Police on 5662 2285.

Lost cash LEONGATHA Police are looking for the owner of a quantity of cash dropped near the Commonwealth Bank in McCartin Street last Wednesday. The owner of the money is urged to contact Leongatha Police on 5662 2285 or drop in at the station.

Cricket club attack LEONGATHA Police are asking anyone who heard or saw hoons doing donuts on the Imperials Cricket Club over the weekend to contact them. The vandals did serious damage to the playing surface, which is located next to the TAFE College. “Police are attending a lot of these types of incidents at sporting clubs. Aside from being a hoon offence, it’s serious criminal damage,” Leongatha Police’s Senior Constable Rohan Michael said. “Police will lay charges if offenders are caught.”

Brazen burgs A BRAZEN thief is thought responsible for a string of burglaries in Toora and Foster, including Toora’s Gray Street kindergarten and a charity tin. The kindergarten burglary, which occurred between Friday, July 5, and Wednes-

day, July 10, saw the offender force open a door to the kinder, using a jemmy or screwdriver. The offender then rifled through the office area, stealing a small amount of cash from a tin. The thief has also been linked to a burglary at fast food business in Main Street, Foster overnight on Sunday, July 7. The offender forced the rear roller door and stole cash from the till, a victim’s purse and from a charity tin, which was on the front counter. Another burglary occurred at the beauty therapy shop in Bridge Street, Foster between Saturday, July 6 and Monday, July 8, with the offender forcing entry to the side door with a jemmy or screwdriver, and stealing cash from a tip jar and cash tin.

Dodgy notes not linked WHITTLESEA Police investigating 40 reports of counterfeit notes circulating around Melbourne’s north do not believe cases in Wonthaggi are linked. Two 26 year old Wonthaggi men were recently arrested after using counterfeit $100 bills at Wonthaggi’s Supercheap Auto, KFC, Bunnings and The Wonthaggi Club. Counterfeit notes have been used at fast food restaurants, convenience stores, milk bars and supermarkets in Mill Park, Epping, Heidelberg, Lalor, Bundoora and Thomastown since February this year. Anyone with information on counterfeit notes is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppers.com. au.

Venus Bay theft CDs, a Blue Tooth speaker and a CD case were stolen from a car in Anderson View, Venus Bay, between Tuesday, July 9 and Friday, July 12. The victim parked her car outside her address and may have left it unlocked overnight on the July 9. She noticed a CD on the road the next day, and made the connection of a possible theft. Police say there were no signs of forced entry to the vehicle.

Bike stolen A GREY Transeo mountain bike was stolen from outside the Caledonian Hotel in Graham Street, Wonthaggi between 9.30pm and 10pm on Friday, July 12. The victim left the bike unlocked and leaning against the wall of the hotel for a short time. It appears the offender has ridden away on it. The bicycle was recovered by police on Sunday, July 14 in a laneway between Epsom Street and Station Street, South Dudley. It was returned to the owner with no apparent damage to the bike.

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Flame tree fury By Matt Dunn C A M PA I G N E R Thelma Arnup will tell South Gippsland Shire councillors tomorrow (Wednesday) why the historical flame tree threatened by the Leongatha Aldi supermarket development should be saved.

Not happy: Leongatha Salvation Army op shop volunteer Marion Haw will suffer many things, but she is well and truly over donation dumpers.

Rubbish act By Matt Dunn LOCAL op shop volunteers believe spiralling tip fees have led to donation dumpers leaving rubbish on their doorsteps, including soiled underwear. Leongatha Salvation Army captain Martyn Scrimshaw said a lack of hard rubbish collections within the South Gippsland Shire was also adding to the problem. “We usually have one rubbish pick up a week, but last month we had to get an extra two removals done for all the extra stuff that was left around the place,” he said. “It’s obviously a contributing factor when you’ve got to pay more. The other thing is not having a local hard rubbish collection. In other shires, where that happens, you seem to have less dumping at op shops because people have a way of getting rid of that stuff without taking it to the tip.” “It easier for people to put it at the back of an op shop or in one of our bins. Then it becomes our problem. The other day we emptied one of our bins at Foster and it was full of soiled underwear.” He said volunteers didn’t deserve being treated with such disrespect and people needed to think whether what they were taking to op shops was really something that could be sold. “Volunteers shouldn’t have to deal with it. It’s insulting really. Rubbish is always an issue. It’d be nice if we didn’t get any and we could recycle everything. Then the money we try to make for people in the community would increase,” Mr Scrimshaw said. St Vincent de Paul’s service development manager Neil Harvey said it now costs op shops double what they’d paid in 2008 to dispose of waste. “There seems to be a correlation between

the introduction of the landfill levy, which has gone from $10 to $48.40. But we can only speculate on that,” he said. Mr Harvey said there were no state wide figures of the financial burden being placed on op shops by donation dumpers, but conceded it was a massive drain. Every month in Cranbourne, for instance, the Vinnie’s op shop is forced to get rid of 21 cubic tonnes of waste. Another major problem was people rummaging through goods left outside op shops after hours, with opportunistic thieves plundering the best donated items. Mr Harvey said many Vinnie’s stores were opening later to help alleviate the problem, while also providing a furniture pick up service (call 1800 621 349). A South Gippsland Shire Council spokesman said op shops had been provided with waste disposal passes to local tips since 2003, but council did not play a part in restricting dumping. “Dumping waste on private property is a criminal offence, not a council matter, which would require the op shop to refer the matter to the police,” he said. Bass Coast Shire Council’s infrastructure director Felicity Sist said rubbish was an expensive business for local governments. “This is why council strongly advocates for people for be mindful and take responsibility for the waste they generate – and wherever possible avoid, reduce or reuse,” she said. But Ms Sist believed dodging tip fees was not the only reason people illegally dump. “It can also be a general apathy and lack of responsibility, or a misconception about the value or usefulness of items,”she said. South Gippsland Shire Council’s tip fee for a cubic metre of general waste has leapt from $25 in 2010-11 to $36 today. In Bass Coast Shire tip visitors paid $10 for a loaded six by four trailer in 2011 and $12 today.

$21m pipe bid - again By Jane Ross WILL it be third time lucky? South Gippsland Water (SGW) has lodged an initial submission with the State Government for $21 million to pay for a pipe to connect Wonthaggi’s Lance Creek Reservoir with Coalition Creek and the Little Bass holding. Coalition Creek provides water for Korumburra and district and Little Bass serves Poowong, Loch and Nyora.

The authority’s managing director Philippe du Plessis said on Friday the initial documentation will be followed up in September with more detail. That will be followed by a long wait until next May when the next state budget is handed down. It’s a state election year so there could be all sorts of sweeteners. Mr du Plessis is keeping his hopes up. SGW sought the money last year and the year before, so this will be the third request. The pipeline is part

of SGW’s plan to secure water supply for the future of South Gippsland. Coalition Creek and Little Bass are small holdings and the population of South Gippsland is growing. Lance Creek is SGW’s most capacious reservoir and less affected by periods of low rainfall. Mr du Plessis and his colleagues believe it has the ability to provide for Korumburra, Poowong, Loch and Nyora. Further down the track, there may be a connection to Leongatha as well.

Mrs Arnup said she had nothing against the supermarket development – in fact, she believes it is essential for the town’s prosperity – but believes there is no reason, if the will is there, why the tree cannot be left standing. She is being backed in her campaign by Leongatha’s Richard Lester – a man instrumental in drawing up an initial significant tree register for council - and renowned arborist and horticulturalist John Fordham. Mr Lester has been in discussion with Cranbourne Royal Botanical Gardens’ Warren Warboys about transplanting the Brachychiton acerifolius to the celebrated patch. Unfortunately, the organisation does not have enough funding to do it. Mr Warboys put the cost of transplanting the tree locally at between $15,000 and $20,000. “Alternatively, even varying the design to integrate the tree into the development, with proper consideration for retaining root protection zones, etc.

may be a viable option,” he wrote in an email to Mr Lester. But the idea of saving the tree or transplanting it has never been part of the plan, and those who have argued for it to be spared fear time is fast ticking away. “Our first concern should be finding out whether it can be retained onsite,” Mr Lester said. The tree is set to be cut down to make way for Aldi’s car park. “I’ll speak to the councillors to hopefully get them to listen to people’s concerns. I want council, when it’s saying yes to the Aldi development, to retain, at all costs, that tree,” she said. Mrs Arnup said she has been labelled a “trugger” (a tree hugger), but confesses this is her first environmental campaign. More than anything else, she is keen to save what she sees as a rich part of the town’s history. Mr Lester said it was “distressing” the tree’s fate seemed already sealed when it was supposed to be afforded protection. “Where’s council’s planning process in all this? They’ve got a significant tree register and they’ve got a written policy to preserve trees,” he said. “They should be bringing the public in at a much, much earlier stage. Can it be saved or can’t it be saved?” Council’s manager for planning and environmental health Bryan Sword said the significant tree register – which was established in 1999 with the help of the South Gippsland

Flaming hell: campaigners Thelma Arnup and Richard Lester will be at South Gippsland Shire Council tomorrow night, fighting to save the flame tree (pictured behind them) threatened by the Leongatha Aldi supermarket development. Conservation Society – was set up to “create awareness of the contribution of significant trees to the aesthetic, cultural and historic fabric of South Gippsland and to investigate a Vegetation Protection Overlay for inclusion into the South Gippsland Shire Planning Scheme”. Clearly, the flame tree was not included in such a VPO. VPOs require a planning scheme amendment, including public exhibition. Landowners are also able to object to VPOs. But VPOs aside, the tree’s fate had already been decided. “Due to urban design, drainage and slope constraints the proponent determined that it would not be feasible

to retain the tree within the development proposal,” Mr Sword said. “The developer is aware of the tree’s importance to the community and proposes to plant three flame trees for inclusion within the new development. “If approved by council, this would be required by the inclusion of a planning permit condition. It is also of note, that as there are no controls on the land requiring protection of the tree, the tree can be removed at any stage without requiring planning permission.” An Aldi company spokesperson said questions submitted by The Star would be answered next week.

Salvation coming: Leongatha Salvation Army’s Captain Martyn Scrimshaw couldn’t keep the smile off his face last week as he watched the walls go up on the new $3.5 million Salvo centre opposite Long Street Family Medicine. The centre, due for completion by the end of the year, will house the Salvation Army, its worship area and offices for the army’s welfare arm GippsCare. “This is all happening,” Captain Scrimshaw said. “The construction’s well under way. The excitement is building.”

Back Aldi: planners SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council has been advised to approve the Aldi supermarket proposed for Leongatha. Council’s planning department has recommended council back the retail shop at the July 24 council meeting. Planners have suggested council attach 31 conditions to the permit, specifying

neighbours must not be affected by noise, artificial light, smell or dust. The conditions do not call for the flame tree onsite to be retained, but ask for three flame trees to be planted on the site before the supermarket can be occupied. The existing tree has been the subject of a community campaign against its removal (see story this page). Council will debate

the development, mooted for the corner of Bruce and Church streets, after receiving 11 objections. “This proposal, if realised, has the opportunity to provide a significant boost to the current and future economic development potential of the town,” the council report stated. “This development will directly create an additional 20 full-time equivalent employment opportunities

and indirectly provide a boost to other retailers within the Leongatha town centre.” The development will offer 1011 square metres of retail space, 84 on-site car parks, six bicycle spaces and a loading bay accessed from Church Street. The supermarket will be single storey, with a feature tower on the north-west corner, and is located in business one zone.

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A WOMEN in Business Expo on August 24 at the Cardinia Cultural Centre features more than 30 local small and micro businesses in health and wellbeing, arts and craft, fashion and beauty, and business services. Gold coin donation. The expo is supports charity.

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NICE to see a good turn up of Leongatha Lyric Theatre stalwarts on opening night of The Wizard of Oz at Mesley Hall, including life member Alison McIntyre and her father Don McIntyre, life member John Watsford and his wife Val back from Queensland to see their grandchild Yasmine Watsford perform. It was great to see so many other well known Lyric supporters and members helping out with Munchkin food and drinks during the celebratory party following the opening night performance. Don’t miss the last shows this week on July 18, 19 and 20 at 7.30pm and the matinee on July 20 at 2pm.

THE Star spotted a lady driver on Church Street on the IGA corner in Leongatha on Thursday morning trying to make a turn into Bruce Street with a big mobile phone glued to her ear. Come on drivers, this isn’t good enough. In fact it is down right dangerous! AGRIBUSINESS Gippsland reports Primary Industries Education Foundation’s research is showing

Australian school children are losing connection with food sources. But it’s worse in Britain where 20 per cent of children aged four to 11 think fish fingers are made

from chicken, one-third of primary school children think cheese grows on a plant and 10 per cent of secondary students believe tomatoes grow underground!

Still thinking: members of the Leongatha branch of the University of the Third Age enjoyed their annual lunch at the Leongatha RSL on Friday. Among them were, front, from left: Barbara and Graham Carpenter, Bob Leslie and Judy Braithwaite. Back: John and Joy Gaze, Barry Tapp, Pat and Ian Lee, and Lyn McCord. The group will merge with the Prom Coast U3A at Foster to continue to offer learning opportunities for senior citizens. Leading way: Bass Coast Shire Council has issued a reminder that entries for the 2013 SuperPages Business Awards close soon. There’s a people’s choice section that’s popular and the new owners of the Rhyll Trout and Bush Tucker Farm have been inundated with paperwork for this category. The farm won the overall award last year and was taken over by Kylie Rowe and Adam Fraser (pictured) in March this year. They have already won a Trip Adviser Excellence Award and are looking forward to the Bass Coast Business Awards. Kylie told The Star the people’s choice forms comment on the friendliness of staff. Entries close on July 19.

Story time a success WEST Gippsland Regional Libraries kept children busy on the school holidays with winter stories.

Walkers back men THE Inverloch Community House Men’s Shed has been operating as a group since late 2012 and The Inverloch Community House Walkie Talkies walking group since early 2011. The two groups came together at Inverloch Community House recently so the Walkies Talkies could present a cheque to the men’s shed. The funds will go towards buying tools for the men to use on small community projects. This includes working with Inverloch Primary School to build picnic tables for children. The group is now raising money to build at the Inverloch Recreation Reserve.

New members are welcome to join and become involved, or just come along and meet the group which gathers on the first and third Monday morning of each month at Inverloch Community House. Alternatively, ring Carol on 5674 2444 on Mondays between 10am and 3pm. The Walkie Talkies meet Mondays at 9am (8am during daylight saving) near the Inverloch War Memorial for either a local walk around the town’s interesting streets, laneways and beaches or further afield such as the many rail trails, Cape Paterson, Churchill Island and even Loch, finishing with a cuppa or lunch. If you enjoy walking, talking and meeting new people, you will love the Walkie Talkies.

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Leongatha, Korumburra, Foster, Mirboo North, Poowong, Wonthaggi, Inverloch and Phillip Island libraries hosted story time for children of all ages of the two weeks. Baby rhyme time ses-

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sions at Inverloch and Foster Library were also well attended. It wasn’t just about the

Handing over: members of the Inverloch Walkie Talkies present a cheque to the blokes of the Inverloch Men’s Shed.

Books for kids: Nick Houghton reads to Natasha and Toby Cripps, Allen, Hazel and Scarlet Riseley, Olivia White and Penny Carruthers at the last winter story time session at Leongatha Library for the school holidays. Top going: Woodleigh Vale Red Cross volunteer Helene Hayes was one of 107 Red Cross emergency services volunteers recently presented with the National Emergency Medal at Government House in recognition of their service to the community over the Black Saturday bushfires. These volunteers contributed significantly to the overall Red Cross effort across the state to support the affected members of those communities severely affected by the Black Saturday fires. Ms Hayes was at the relief centre in Traralgon for a week helping

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Clowning around Colourful characters: Michaeleah Stephens, Jaive McEwan, Aiden Beaumgartner and Jahrie Hogan-Van Rooij made fantastic clowns when they took part in the Clowning around! workshop and show at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, Korumburra, last week. The group learnt skills in comedy, slapstick, mime, face painting and juggling thanks to Laura Muranty from Southern Exposure Theatre. The two day course built up to a show on Saturday where the clowns displayed their skills.

Disabled locked out By Matt Dunn THOUSANDS of South Gippslanders with disabilities will be locked out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, because they are over 65 – or will by the time it comes to fruition in 2018. Polio sufferers – many of whom are again beginning to show the symptoms of an epidemic that gripped Australia in the 1930s, early 1940s and the 1950s - will be amongst the hardest hit, advocates say. Leongatha’s Geoff Dean, a founding member of Post Polio Victoria, said many people with the disease were languishing in aged care hostels, denied the funding for essential equipment because they were on the aged pension. While he broadly praised the NDIS, he believes the situation will only become worse for polio sufferers in the coming years as more people in the 65-plus age bracket display symptoms of post polio syndrome. “The medical people can’t put a name to it. Then the person in question remembers, ‘Ah, yes, I did go to hospital when I was a child,” he said. In Australia today there are an estimated 400,000 polio survivors, predominantly aged over 50. A staggering 85 per cent - or 340,000 - could ultimately be affected. Once fully active, many are experiencing new and debilitating symptoms, including muscle and joint pain and weakness, unaccustomed fatigue, respiratory and sleep problems, and swallowing or speech difficulties. In the worst of cases, sufferers are forced to use braces, crutches or wheelchairs because of paralysis. While many adults had dealt with the residual effects of polio throughout their lives, many others were hit hard in later years be-

cause their bodies aged much quicker than the general population. “They’ll be denied specialist healthcare and specialist nursing. There are people all over the place who require extra attention, including the knowledge of personal care attendants who are used to dealing with people with a disability,” Mr Dean said. “I know one elderly gentleman who can’t walk without his equipment, and isn’t given the equipment. “He’s in a South Gippsland nursing home and is confined to his bed or a wheelchair all day. People caring for patients in his predicament don’t know how or don’t have the time to fit the equipment.” National program manager of Polio Australias (PA) Mary-ann Liethof, said her organisation marched on Canberra recently to put a focus on the problem. PA has been canvassing federal politicians, including McMillan MP Russell Broadbent, and Ms Liethof said the organisation was happy for anyone to “beat the drum” on its behalf. A man who has a brother with cerebral palsy and a mild intellectual disability, is also ready to join the PA march. “My brother currently lives in assisted accommodation and has been for just on three years. He has just turned 66 and has been on a disability pension since he was 16. When he turned 65 he was then switched to the age pension,” he said. “It niggled me that he may have special needs later in his life, and now not being on a disabled pension I am not sure of how this will pan out for him into the future. “Looking to the future, the NDIS should not have a cut off age, especially in my brother’s case, with him having been on a disabled pension for 49 years of his life. Like the polio survivors, they did not choose this way of life.”

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Rates revolt CAN somebody call it a day on constant rate rises by the South Gippsland council please when businesses are struggling and people’s available income is reducing. With a range of areas of responsibility closely resembling a mini combined state and federal government, a blurring of the lines on which tier of the three doles out welfare handouts and all manner of additional funding through new feel good ideas, it’s no wonder we are up for a 7.5 per cent rise. Who decides what council’s responsibilities are? Fat cats? Twenty eight ‘managers’ (for what?), average salaries across the board of $84,000 and offices representing the next biggest ‘business’ next to Murray Goulburn in town signifies to me that its time a chainsaw was taken to council. Weren’t councillors supposed to make most decisions or are the ‘managers’ running the show these days? An all encompassing review by Peter Costello could produce wonders I suspect! Seriously, are we there to support council as an industry or is council required to produce deliverables for our (ratepayers) direct benefit before they are allowed continued funding? I object to a socialist all encompassing attitude that seems to be pervading local government these days, a right to impose higher and higher rates by well paid faceless people who for the life of me I can’t see deliverables or justification for retention.

I once built a house at Hallston by taking a simple set of plans to a friendly planning officer who tweaked them, gave me loads of friendly advice on how best to do things as an owner builder and didn’t charge me for his time or helpful alterations, all with a friendly manner I might add. I still retain the original of those altered simple plans as proof that business was done then without copious quantities of bureaucratic paperwork that now chokes business like willows in the Tarwin! The costs then (1992) were minimal, interference non existent with the result there for all to see. Those were the days when council predominantly consisted of guys with shovels and trucks out and about keeping infrastructure in good nick, being pro-active. To the guys and gals on the road; I am sure everybody appreciates your work. Let’s have a revolution in how business is done at council. It’s time for transparency to drive exactly what we are getting for every single person on a comfortable $84,000 plus at my expense when my salary is going down yet theirs is going up. A thorough annual review and proper justification would be a good start! Tony Griggs, Hallston.

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E D I T O R I A L Drugs touch everyone THE revelation by The Star this week the number of drug overdoses in Leongatha is rising prompts a call for everyone to contribute to reducing the prevalence of drugs in our community. We also need to work together, and keep an eye out for each other, to help those affected by drugs return to a drug free life. The extent to which drugs exist in South Gippsland is alarming considering many of us have connections with children, either as siblings, parents or volunteers. Whenever drugs are around – and they always will be – our children are at risk of exposure, use and ultimately addiction. People turn to drugs for a whole host of reasons: temptation, curiosity or an escape from a troubled life. If we can help family and friends deal with problems by listening to what they need, then hopefully that in turn can avoid them finding solace in drugs. At the same time, the eyes and ears of our police can only reach so far and if everyone monitors the community for signs of illicit drug use and dealing, we can help police contain the problem before a drug selling ring gains a foothold. News that paramedics were called to 15 drug overdoses in Leongatha between May 2012 and April 2013 gives an insight into the fact this community is far from a sleepy hollow that some long term residents may consider it to be. And as the suburbs extend further this way, we can expect to be further exposed to drugs, which may have once been considered just a metropolitan social issue. The rising use of drugs no doubt provides another health issue for our already stretched medical services to manage, and perhaps could prompt those who plan for our region’s future health needs to consider whether this region is adequately resourced.

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flow from Canberra following the referendum. The explanatory memorandum to the Federal Government’s own bill on the referendum states “the proposed constitutional alteration would have no financial impact”. Given repeated federal budget deficits, where would additional money for local councils come from? There are no rivers of gold, only fool’s gold. We should leave the Australian Constitution alone and preserve our federal system of government. Under our current system, funding from Canberra is passed down to the states, which manage the distribution of funds based on geographic and demographic considerations with proper transparency and oversight. The Federal Government can and does fund local councils directly. Already Victorian councils receive $100 million a year directly from Canberra and this is not at risk. Funding such as the Federal Government’s Roads to Recovery program is not at risk. Vote no to Labor at the federal election. Vote no to the referendum. Philip R Davis, Eastern Victoria MLC.

Reinstate funding I WRITE to express my concern about the Federal Labor Government’s decision to strip $618,000 of promised funding from the Gippsland Southern Health Service over the next three years. This decision will impact Gippsland Southern Health Service’s ability to meet the growing demand for elective surgery and emergency treatment. I strongly encourage local Labor MP’s Matt Viney and Johan Scheffer, as well as State Labor leader Daniel Andrews, to stand up to their federal colleagues and ask for Victoria’s funding to be reinstated. The Victorian Coalition Government was successful in seeking a return of $107 million in funding that Labor cruelly cut from Victoria’s hospitals last year, however the larger cuts of $368 million over three years

came into effect from Monday, July 1, 2013. Labor defends its decision to renege on its promised funding by producing dodgy population figures that say Victoria’s population fell by more than 11,000 people in 2011. This is clearly nonsense as confirmed by Australian Bureau of Statistics whose latest data shows Victoria’s population has in fact grown by 75,000 people. As the Member for Gippsland South, I am committed to ensuring Leongatha residents have access to the best available health care and I call on Kevin Rudd to reinstate the funding that Julia Gillard and Tanya Plibersek so cruelly cut. The Victorian Coalition Government has done its part by increasing funding for acute hospital services by 5.4 per cent this year, and increasing our total health service investment by a further $2 billion. Labor’s cruel funding cut will put Gippsland Southern Health Service, and many other Victorian hospitals, under enormous pressure and will have a negative impact on the health of Victorian patients. Further information on Labor’s hospital funding cuts can be found at health.vic.gov.au/ facts. The Hon Peter Ryan MLA, Deputy Premier, Leader of The Nationals, Minister for State Development, Minister for Regional and Rural Development, Member for Gippsland South.

Protect firies WILL you protect firefighters and their families (Gippsland South MLA) Peter Ryan? Every day, our CFA volunteer and paid firefighters put their lives on the line for us. Firefighters have five to 10 times the risk of certain cancers than you and me. They are two to three times more likely to get lung cancer than a smoker, all because of their work protecting our community. Yet firefighters and their families are not protected. When they get sick because of

their work, it’s almost impossible to access Workcover protections that other workers would have. To change this unacceptable situation I introduced Fair Protection for Firefighters legislation in February this year and six months later we’re still waiting for the government to act. When Greens MP Adam Bandt introduced federal laws to protect firefighters he had the support of all parties: Greens, Labor, Liberal and National. I hope for the same here in Victoria. The Napthine Government says more work needs to be done, but the researchers they are waiting for have stated clearly there is no need to delay any longer. Tell us Mr Ryan, will you support firefighters and their families in your electorate? Will you commit to legislating fair protection for them when Parliament returns in August? Let’s protect those who protect us. Colleen Hartland, Greens MP, Victorian Greens spokesperson for Emergency Services.

Gas alarm I WAS pleased to see the prominence The Star gave to the attendance of Peter Reith at the recent coal seam gas protest meeting in Mirboo North. Why would the Liberal, whose support for strike-breaking firm Patricks, and heavy involvement in the fabricated ‘children overboard’ scandal, be undertaking a ‘review’ of Victoria’s gas supply ? Alarm bells should ring for all Gippslanders. It looks as if a fanciful gas ‘shortage’ may be predicted. Our region could be sacrificed for quick profits for coal seam gas cowboys. Judging from the Queensland experience, we would be left with leaking methane, polluted environment and rock-bottom land values. Time to Lock the Gate on CSG and Liberal party gents. Jessica Harrison, Wonthaggi.

No sale AS PER the South Gippsland Shire Council notice in your publication June 25, 2013, I read with dismay the council’s intention to sell off reserves in Venus Bay for what can only be described as little more than a cash grabbing exercise. Whether these land plots be of cultural or environmental significance is not the issue. Planning targets of five per cent of communities being allocated to public reserves is currently standing at two per cent in Venus Bay. Council’s own intention to sell off five lots will make their targets unachievable. Council shows little more than contempt for the community of Venus Bay and its ratepayers. Strict local by-laws preventing the clearing of blocks by private owners is enforced without mercy, yet reserves can be sold to buyers for development when there is already a glut of land available and undeveloped within our shire. Our ever increasing rate levies cannot be justified now on the basis of maintenance done and services supplied to Venus Bay. I can only wish that we enjoyed the same status that the towns of Foster, Korumburra, Leongatha and Mirboo North, which enjoy kerbing, roads, garbage removal and family facilities. Without our nature reserves dotted amongst our homes, we have lost our identity as a family friendly coastal destination. For those of us who do not wish to partake of beach activities, children will now have even less space to exercise. I hope that this message is received loud and clear by our mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy and the proposing property officer that we will not stand by and allow our community to be sold from under us. Rhonda Jones, Venus Bay.

VOXPOP! VOX

What is your favourite thing about winter in South Gippsland?

“I love the snow up at Grand Ridge, because not many people go there. You can go up and spend a whole day there without running in to anyone else.” Cheryl and Chloe Williamson, Hedley.

“Having the fire going is the best part because it is warm and toasty and I love the smell of smoke in the air.” Larissa Judd, Hoddle.

“I am a winter person so I pretty much like everything about it, but I think the best thing is having an open fire going. It is so peaceful and relaxing, especially after a hard day’s work.” Chloe Mackay, Welshpool.

“There is something for everyone because every day is different, but every day is also a good day for eating meat.” Dino Prenc, Foster.

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Asia hungry for our food By Brad Lester SOUTH Gippsland farmers could capitalise on growing demand for dairy products in Asia. Simone Tilley from the ANZ Bank attended the Victorian Government’s Super Trade Mission to South East in June, exploring agribusiness opportunities. She was in Leongatha recently to share her findings at a function with customers. The former Leongatha agribusiness officer is now ANZ’s head of regional business banking for Victoria and Tasmania. Victoria supplies 86 per cent of Australian dairy exports, sending produce to more than 100 countries each year. Australia’s dairy exports were valued at $2.7 billion in 2011-12. That product accounts for seven per cent of all world dairy trade. Given South Gippsland is a major contributor to Victoria’s total, the region is well placed to make the most of Asia’s rising appetite for dairy products. Malaysia already buys Australian milk, cream and sugar, and Malaysians consume one billion litres of milk a year. “Malaysia can only sustain five per cent of its demand so the opportunity for South Gippsland to capitalise on that opportunity is large,” Ms Tilley said. As a result of rising

affluence through Asia, people’s preferences are changing. “With the younger market, particularly in Indonesia, flavoured milk is popular, as is cheese and to a lesser extent yoghurt, as sources of protein,” Ms Tilley said. “In destination markets such as China and India, with populations of 1.3 and 1.2 billion people respectively, one or two per cent changes with respect to dairying imports equates to significant tonnage requirements. “I believe there is a significant opportunity for smaller food manufacturers in the region and also for entrepreneurs not just in dairy, but also beef and sheep, to make direct linkages into destination markets.” She saw Devondale UHT milk on supermarket shelves in Jakarta and believed Australian companies could better promote the clean, green environment in which the milk is made, suggesting photos of South Gippsland be placed alongside products. “This is an opportunity for Victorian farmers to obtain premium prices for their product. There is a need to differentiate our products on supermarket shelves abroad so that people can identify with their quality and where they are coming from,” Ms Tilley said. “I believe there is an opportunity for smaller manufacturers to capitalise.” Ms Tilley believes

We lead the way FOUR South Gippsland businesses have been named finalists in the 2013 Bendigo Bank Gippsland Business Awards. Lucy May’s Cafe at Korumburra is finalist in the hospitality class and GEM Industrial Pty Ltd, Leongatha will contest the manufacturing and fabrication division. Gippsland Solar Pty Ltd at Mirboo North leads the way in the new business division, and Maru Koala and Animal Park at Grantville is a finalist in the Good Access is Good Business, and tourism classes. The awards provide 13 industry and specialist categories. A new category of online retailing/e-business has been introduced to recognise those businesses capitalising upon the opportunities electronic commerce presents. With strong sponsorship support from Gippsland’s many Bendigo Bank community banks, this year’s winners will be announced at a gala presentation evening on Friday, August 30 at Monash University Auditorium, Gippsland campus. According to Gippsland Business Awards committee chairperson Graeme Sennett, nominations and entries received this year represent a diverse and inspiring range of Gippsland’s small to medium businesses. “The finalists should be proud they are being recognised as being among the top businesses in Gippsland,” he said. “Each year, we receive an exciting and innovative range of entries which tell us Gippsland’s small to medium business sector is vibrant.” Finalists will now be subjected to a further two stage assessment, including another review of their submission, evaluation against the awards criteria, together with a site visit and/or mystery shop.

company and industry representatives should visit these countries regularly to build stronger ties that would ultimately benefits farmers’ bottom lines. With targeted investment in high value markets and cost competitive supply chains, Australia can be a major player in satisfying rising global demand for milk. A strong push into Asian markets must come from dairy companies themselves, Ms Tilley said, but she urged farmers to lobby their companies to do just that.

Opportunity awaits: Simone Tilley, ANZ’s head of regional business banking for Victoria and Tasmania, believes South Gippsland farmers can benefit from targeting Asian markets.

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Keep CSG out By Sarah Vella IT WAS around 18 months ago, as rumours surrounding coal seam gas exploration in Gippsland took hold, when the Foster Community Association decided to take a stand.

Stay out: Larry and Linda Giddy and Dr Howard Plowright are members of the Foster Community Association’s project group that is trying to keep mining out of Gippsland.

It was then the Foster Coal Seam Gas Project Group was formed. Group member Linda Giddy said the number of exploration licences granted in the district prompted the group’s formation. “The whole region is

covered by government granted exploration licences and that was new information for us,” she said. “We know we don’t own what is under the surface of our land, but we didn’t know these exploration rights were in place. “It was around that time Lock the Gate’s Drew Hutton pointed out that while mining companies may have the rights to what is underneath your soil, they do not have legal right to enter your property.” That revelation fired up the Foster Community Association. “We aim to try and educate the broader com-

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munity about the issues surrounding CSG mining, so they can make their own informed decisions,” Mrs Giddy said. Larry Giddy added: “Basically, we don’t want coal seam gas and coal mining to infiltrate this area.” Based on evidence from Queensland, New South Wales and the United States, the action group firmly believed gas mining and farming cannot safely coexist. “We have called on the State Government to use its powers under the Mineral Act to permanently ban any new coal and gas mining operations in key farming, tourism and water resource areas,” Mr Giddy said. The group’s Dr Howard Plowright said one of the things that struck him was the relatively short life, albeit high financial return, of the industry and the long term impacts. “Coal seam gas has a life of around 50 years, yet the toxins left behind on the land would not be gone after 100 years,” he said. Mrs Giddy said one of the great advantages Victoria has over its counterparts is that is mining has not started. “We are in the prime position to learn from our northern neighbours,” she said.

“There has been no independent research done on the CSG industry, but it is not up to us as a community to prove to the government CSG mining is unsafe. “It is up to government to prove to communities it is safe.” Mrs Giddy said Australians can no longer afford to dig up fossil fuels and future electricity supply lay with renewable energy sources. “It is mad that we are not harnessing the energy available for free, using technology already developed,” she said. “It is as easy as CSG. We just don’t have the political will. It is the power of the mining lobby that is holding this area back.” Dr Plowright said solar thermal and wind are ideal renewable sources of energy for Australian. “Mildura is an obvious place for a solar thermal energy plant, as is Port Augusta. Clearly there are times when the sun is not shining and wind power is a great secondary option,” he said. Mrs Giddy said now is not the time to bury heads in the sand. “Now is our chance to become leaders and create innovative solutions for tomorrow,” she said.

Mayor’s message Cr Kieran Kennedy THE last financial year presented a number of challenges for local businesses and our economic development team. The high Australian dollar coupled with economic uncertainty provoked understandable concern. Despite this, South Gippsland has seen a number of new projects commence or seek approval for development. Murray Goulburn and Burra Foods are both planning plant improvements. ViPlus is establishing a new infant formula plant in Toora. A new car dealership and hospital are being constructed in Leongatha and a new cheese manufacturing and tourist facility is being established in Moyarra, near Korumburra, and this is to name but a few. Business development will remain in the spotlight during August as the Victorian Small Business Festival begins. The month-long festival offers hundreds of low cost and free events throughout Melbourne and regional Victoria that provide small businesses with the opportunity to learn practical new skills and access ideas to help boost productivity and competitiveness. Council submitted an event into the packed festival program and was pleased to see it selected for inclusion. The event titled Business Success in South Gippsland will showcase three local businesses and provide key tips on how they achieved their business success. Innovation, embracing social media and collaboration with other businesses will be the key themes of the workshop. Council is committed to supporting our business community and this program is a worthy initiative. In other news, last week was NAIDOC Week and I was pleased to see the South Gippsland community identify with the occasion. NAIDOC Week is a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and provides an opportunity to recognise the contribution of indigenous Australians. Activities take place the across the nation during NAIDOC Week and South Gippsland embraced the festivity. An exhibition at Foster’s Stockyard Gallery entitled Indigenous Artists Celebrating NAIDOC Week commenced on July 4 and will run through to July 29. I would encourage people, if they have the chance, to view the exhibition, which highlights the talent that exists within our local Indigenous communities. Cr Kieran Kennedy, mayor.

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Dinosaur dig mooted KOONWARRA could be the site of another major excavation in the search for feathered dinosaur fossils. A test excavation earlier this year revealed plant material and fish scales, as well as fish fossils. The excavation site is the remains of a prehistoric lake possibly thousands of

Hoping to discover: Mike Cleeland at work at the Koonwarra dig in April, looking for feathered dinosaur remains.

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Mary’s final curtain call A SIGNIFICANT era in Leongatha and wider Gippsland’s cultural and social life has ended with the death on July 6 of Mary Eagger.

Winners: Foster’s Taliya Barker, Kate Facey and Maddie Barker took out the Battle of the Bands as the band Rockenspiele. Photo courtesy Nick Jeremiah Photography.

Rockenspiele rock battle ROCKING reports are coming from all who attended the South Gippsland FReeZA Battle of the Bands in Leongatha last Wednesday. More than 40 people attended the event at the Dakers Centre, a fantastic result according to FReeZA committee member Nick Jeremiah. “It’s the most I’ve ever seen at one of these gigs,” he said. “We were hoping we would get a lot more than usual because we were able to advertise on Facebook, so we were able to branch out to a lot more people than we usually do. In its third year competing, Foster based Rockenspiele took out the battle with its punk influenced clash of all girl rock. The girls will now go on to battle it out at the regional event and then possibily have

the chance to play at the Push Over Festival in 2014. Judges included John Rees of Men at Work fame who is now a local musician, Amie-Jean Denham, a local bass guitarist and singer, and Yelka Ishmakovich, a singer song writer from the area and an ex-FreeZa committee member. Yelka also amazed the crowd with her incredible voice, as part of the concert. With the popularity of live music all ages gigs in South Gippsland is rising, local music festival Raw Vibes may make an re-appearance. “I would love to see Raw Vibes come back again,” Nick told The Star. “I reckon it’s something that should happen at least once a year so I’m hoping it will come back next year but I can’t say for certain.” More photos online at www.thestar. com.au

Rock out!: Dispersion rocked the Dakers Centre at the Battle of the Bands on Wednesday. Photo courtesy Nick Jeremiah Photography.

She and her husband the late Dr Ron Eagger came to Australia from England, settling in Leongatha in 1959. A founding member of Lyric Theatre, Mary was integral to its ongoing success as an award-winning amateur theatre group. Lyric began in 1965 and Mary appeared in its first show Why Not Sing? That was the start of more than 40 years of Lyric involvement with Mary taking part in a dizzying number of shows, either as a leading cast member, director, choreographer or set designer. She was president in 1975, 1989 and 1990, vice president in 1972, 1973, 1983, 1984 and 1987, secretary in 1969, 1979 and 1980 and committee member for a further nine years. She was made a life member in 1978. “There was no ego with Mary,” said fellow life member David Tattersall. “She put Lyric front and centre and was always supportive of those who wanted to have a go. Lyric is very fortunate to have had someone like her in the early years.” As a director, he said, Mary was one of the best. She and Ron lobbied state and local government, schools and the Education Department for funding and support for Lyric, with Ron ensuring the finances were sound during his 12 years as treasurer. Between 1966 and 2001, Mary directed 17 Lyric productions including Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Man of La Mancha, Cosi and Pack of Lies. From 1969 to 1980, she choreographed eight productions including Tom Jones, Carousel and The Music Man and she designed sets for The Music Man, My Fair Lady, Twelve Angry Men, R.O.O.T.S and Stepping Out. She played leading roles in many productions such

as The Mikado, The Beggars Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, Dimboola, Hello Dolly, Canterbury Tales and Oliver. Mary served on the judging panel of Gippsland Associated Theatres (GAT) from 1995 to 2004, which meant she travelled to all GAT member productions in South Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley. In recognition, she was inducted into the GAT Hall of Fame in 2005 during an awards night held in Leongatha. As a member of that judging panel, Mary provided advice and constructive criticism for actors, directors and designers and mentored a number of young people passionate about designing, directing or acting. The following year, South Gippsland Shire president Cr Nigel Hutchinson-Brooks dedicated and officially opened Lyric Theatre’s rehearsal room The Eagger Studio. Mary was born in England on October 16, 1930 and had an older sister. She studied nursing at St Mary’s in London, qualified as a nursing sister and married Ron in 1954. For some years, Mary worked part time in the Leongatha Tech library as well as enjoying a part time role as a journalist at The Star, where she wrote under her maiden name Rogers. She played social tennis, belonged to a walking group and was an active member of the Leongatha South Golf Club. Family and friends representing her varied life attended her funeral service in St Peter’s Anglican Church on Friday.

Accompanied by Dorothy Warren, Paddy Lanigan sang You’ll Never Walk Alone, while Lyric members gave a rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Delivering the eulogy, Mary’s close friend Julie Maclean remembered her as a force with formidable talents and an indomitable spirit who hated domestic chores. “Mary,” she said, “you gave a dazzling performance.”

Her wake was held in Mesley Hall, the house of Lyric, where photographs and costumes from some of the many productions with which she was involved were on display. Lyric Theatre also served as a training ground for two of Ron and Mary’s four daughters. Vicki is a well known actor and Fiona a noted producer. Sarah, the eldest is a psychiatrist and Jane is an artist. There are six grandchildren.

Above, Lyric: Mary Eagger as Dolly Levi in Lyric’s 1980 production of Hello Dolly. Below, Honoured: Mary Eagger at the official opening of Lyric’s rehearsal room The Eagger Studio. With her are the South Gippsland Shire president of the day Cr Nigel Hutchinson-Brooks and Lyric stalwart David Panther.

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Inspiring stories: guest speakers Ryen Diggle (left) and Mark Austin with Bass Coast/South Gippsland Reconciliation Group co-chair Anne Davie.

Indigenous and proud ABORIGINAL Australians are simply asking to be allowed to be comfortable with who they are. That was the upshot of a forum held in Wonthaggi last Wednesday to commemorate NAIDOC Week. Indigenous medical student Ryen Diggle and graduate Mark Austin addressed the event, entitled Personal stories – the triumph of the human spirit, held by the Bass Coast/ South Gippsland Reconciliation Group. Mr Diggle moved from Darwin and is studying medicine at the University of Melbourne. He was the first member of his mother’s family to attend university and now also tutors indigenous students. He told the audience at the Wonthaggi Centennial Centre how he faced confusion being an Aboriginal Australian. “Success relies on being comfortable with who you are,” Mr Diggle said. During a social studies course at university, he was surprised to study indigenous history for just two weeks of a two year course that was predominantly about European history. “I get the feeling many Australians think indigenous history is full of death and dis-

ease,” Mr Diggle said. He is one of five indigenous medical students at the University of Melbourne. The University of New South Wales has 100. Mr Austin is descended from Aboriginal, Fijian, Native American and British blood. “I’ve always struggled with who I was and where I fit into the world,” he said. While the notion of reconciliation between indigenous and European cultures was important, so was the notion of reconciling with oneself, Mr Austin said. “We need to listen, be balanced and understand what other people think,” he said, adding focusing on the positive aspects of life was essential to happiness. Mr Austin is now undertaking a cadetship with the Department of Human Services. The forum was chaired by Peter Gebhardt, a retired County Court judge and a former principal. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. The committee was once responsible for organising national activities during NAIDOC Week, a celebration of the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Would you be willing to pay higher rates – or even a special charge – to fund building another pool? And then to keep paying extra year in and year out – either in rates or in significantly higher swim fees – to run it and maintain it? Whether we like it or not, we are a relatively small permanent population of 30,000. This small population does not support the viable development of some facilities, such as the 50m pool, proposed by some groups. Council did look at this as part of the feasibility study, but it became clear this was not a viable option for our shire. The City of Casey built such a facility in 2009 at a cost of $38 million! This does not include the cost of maintaining it and running it, which would come on top. Further, all research shows a pool this size would require a population catchment of at least 60,000 people to make it viable – double what we have in the shire. Another misconception is a figure of $3 million being bandied around as cost of maintenance while the new pool is being built. The amount of $2.925 million is actually the total estimated cost of swimming pool works in stages one ($1.097 million) and three ($1.828 million). The council decision to proceed to a detailed design also included an investigation of whether other existing pool facilities in the shire could be made accessible to the public. It is critical the number and size of council facilities and services are efficiently matched to demand. We are proud of being able to offer our community great facilities such as libraries, parks and reserves, community halls and pre-schools. The Bass Coast Aquatic Centre will be a great facility for the whole of the community and we hope everyone in the shire will enjoy it. We understand the concerns about Phillip Island not having a pool all these years, but as a council, we have to be responsible not just for today, but also for the future.

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AT THE council meeting on June 19, council made the decision, among others, to proceed with the detailed design for the aquatic facilities – a 10-lane 25 metre pool – at the Bass Coast Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Wonthaggi, with particular attention to how the facility would be staged and funded over a period of years. This decision was accompanied by several others to investigate the short term options to improve access to existing facilities and the potential for improved facilities on Phillip Island in the medium term. The details of the decision are available in the minutes of the meeting, available on council’s website. Since then, there has been several letters to the editor of the various newspapers criticising the decision and calling for aquatic facilities to be developed at Phillip Island. While I sincerely understand many people on Phillip Island would like a local pool, and they would like this now, much of the criticism of council is based on incomplete, and sometimes incorrect, facts. A key responsibility of your elected council is to ensure the responsible financial management of the shire. We take this responsibility seriously as it involves making sure the shire’s finances are sustainable. In doing this, council has to consider the needs and wishes of the community and balance that against residents’ capacity to pay through their rates. Aquatic facilities provide great benefits to the health, recreation and sporting life of a community. However, they also impose a significant financial burden on councils. This is not limited to the initial capital cost of building the facility, but also to the ongoing financial impact of operating and maintaining the facility. As an example, the cost of running the new Bass Coast Aquatic and Leisure Centre each year is calculated at almost $380,000 per year. Would we want to almost double this so we can have another pool in the shire?

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Stumps go in sporting way A $3000 grant from the Department of Environment and Primary Industries has seen six large stumps removed from the Leongatha Recreation Reserve. Reserve committee of management president Frank Dekker said the removal of the stumps near the Leongatha Junior Football Club change rooms would “open up further useable land in a crowded recreation reserve”. “This land has already been earmarked by the Leongatha Little Athletics Club as a suitable site for jumping pits and associated field events,” he said. “The committee of management appointed Knox contractors to remove these large stumps and, as usual, they’ve done a very professional job. All in all it’s a win for the young sportspeople in our community.”

Truly stumped: Leongatha Recreation Reserve committee of management president Frank Dekker and contractor Tom Knox at the site of the stump removals.

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“Of the 1350 new officers so far delivered, 196 have been allocated to the Eastern Division Police Service Area, which incorporates the South Gippsland and Wellington shires,” he said. “This increase to frontline police officers represents the largest single law enforcement recruitment exercise in Victoria’s history.” Ms Allan said Victoria Police admitted earlier this year that Mr Napthine’s budget cuts were having a negative impact on their operations and this new staff cull was likely to further impact frontline policing. “The government has interfered in the operations of the office of the Chief Commissioner of Police, cut more than $100 million from the force’s budget and slashed 350 staff from Victoria Police as crime continues to rise under Mr Napthine,” she said. Ms Allan said Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay, at the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee on May 16, 2013, admitted the budget cuts were having a negative impact on policing when he said: “There is no doubt at all that there has been a challenging time for us in relation to our finances.”

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Newhaven leader leaves ROD McKinlay has left Newhaven College to become principal of Parkhill Primary School in Melbourne. He was the college’s head of junior school – as well as its table tennis champion for the past two years. And he was noted for

the polo shirt he wore at house carnivals. It was red, blue, yellow and green; the colours representing each house, indicating he barracked for everyone. Reflecting on his three and a half years of leading the junior school, Rod said he will miss the students most of all. “They are just a fantastic group of kids and I will really miss seeing their hap-

py faces every day. I have found Newhaven students to be well-mannered and engaging, and I enjoyed their sense of humour and openness,” he said. He also complimented his staff. Director of junior school curriculum Helen Andrews will step into the role of acting head of junior school until a new person is appointed.

Right, Fond farewell: three cheers for Mr McKinlay! Newhaven College junior school students surround their much loved head of school at his last assembly to thank him for being a fantastic teacher and mentor.

Masters of geography at Mary MacKillop SEVENTY TWO geography students from Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College in Leongatha tested their geographical knowledge against students from all around Australia in the 2013 Australian Geography Competition.

Geography teacher Peter Charles was pleased with how students performed. “We have a number of students who performed to a very high level in the competition this year with six gaining high distinctions, six gaining distinctions and nine attaining credits,” he said. “Around 75,000 students entered

the Australian Geography Competition so the results give us an external benchmark as to how our students are going in certain aspects of geography.” Kath Berg, the competition’s national coordinator, said the competition played a key role in promoting geography to students. “Geography is such as important

subject to develop in students because it helps explain the complex array of social and environmental interactions happening in the world around them,” she said. “Over time, I hope the recently released national geography curriculum will mean all students get the opportunity to better study this fascinating and challenging subject.”

High scoring students in the Australian Geography Competition have the opportunity to progress to two international contests in St. Petersburg, Russia and Krakow in Poland. The competition is the joint initiative of the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association and the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland.

Discovering world: successful Mary MacKillop College students after competing in the Australian Geography Competition.

Tech Tasters at Foster Permablitz success OLDER Foster residents have an opportunity to participate in a new round of the highly successful Tech Tasters project. Tech Tasters provides residents with an opportunity to develop or increase their technology skills by working one on one with a Year 9 student from South Gippsland Secondary College. The students act as mentors, teaching a range of technology skills including emailing, Skype, Facebook, creating and saving documents, sending photos or searching the Internet.

Mobile phone and iPad technology can also be covered as the content in the program is set by each participant. “Tech Tasters allows participants to learn at their own pace about topics they are interested in,” explains Tania Ryan, South Gippsland Shire Council’s Improving the Liveability for Older People project officer. “Older residents can talk with their mentor and together they can work out what skills they will cover.” The Tech Tasters project was launched in 2012 and was well-re-

ceived. “We found the project was popular with students as well as the older residents,” Ms Ryan said. “Tech Tasters helped the students develop communication skills and build confidence.” The Tech Tasters program is offered as part of the Improving the Liveability for Older People project run by council. The program will be held on Fridays from July 26 until September 13 from noon – 1.20pm. To book your place or for more information, contact Mr Ryan on 5662 9243.

at Mirboo North THE latest Southern Gippsland Permablitz was a great success, transforming a half acre block into a creatively designed permaculture garden. The event was held at Mirboo North recently and attracted 25 enthusiastic Permablitz members. Using a design developed by Juneen Shulz and Paula Goldman, the block was transformed into an attractive and versatile garden featuring perennial berry beds, a fruit tree food forest and native shelter beds. Accessible garden beds constructed of locally milled cypress wood and accessible

pathways were also incorporated to assist the venue host, Vicki. “The work that everyone did here was nothing short of amazing! I could not have achieved that myself in a couple of years,” said Vicki. She can now access her garden beds more easily, with the annual beds now raised and within a short distance of her back door along a level path. “The Permablitz members are a wonderful group of people. They all give so generously of their time, skill, humour and hard labour to get the job done. I can’t thank them enough,” she said. Permaculture designer

Sharing ideas: South Gippsland Secondary College students and senior Foster residents talk computers. Taking shape: building the apple pruning snow pea trellis were, from left, Paula Goldman, Henri Bott, Olivia Bott and Jim Bott.

Juneen Shulz spoke to the group about the permaculture principles of design, where distance from the house is considered to maximise ease of access to regularly used foods by keeping them close (zone one), fruit trees a little further away (zone two), and maintain further areas for shelter belts and flora and fauna protection (zone three). Juneen also facilitated a workshop with the group to demonstrate how to use unwanted surplus, in this case, apple tree prunings and gumnuts, which were used to create a trellis to support snow peas within the annual garden bed. Permablitzes will be running regularly throughout the year. Each involves a pre blitz design visit by a permaculture designer, organisation of the materials, then the blitz day. Permablitz works on reciprocity, so in order to have a blitz in your own backyard you generally have to help out on three others first. To keep in touch with what the group are doing, please visit: www.sustainabilitygippsland.com/ group/permablitz-southerngippsland or contact Skye Radcliffe-Scott on 5662 9380 on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.

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Winter warning a chilling reminder THE Transport Accident Commission (TAC) is reminding motorists to drive to conditions in winter. The TAC has sent a safety warning to all Victorians, particularly those in regional areas, to slow down and take extra care on the roads. TAC chief executive officer Janet Dore saidlocal road surfaces may become slippery. “This means drivers should take extra care and slow down,” she said. “Every death and serious injury on our roads is preventable and by taking a few simple precautions you could potentially save your life.” The 2012 Road Safety Monitor survey found drivers considered weather conditions, as well as speed limit and road conditions, to be the most important factors in influencing the speed they drove. This was particularly the case for regional

drivers, who were significantly more likely than metro drivers to report these as having an impact on their driving. The importance of regional motorists taking care behind the wheel has been reinforced by the increased percentage of deaths outside metropolitan Melbourne this year. Ms Dore said there were a number of steps motorists could take to stay safe during winter. “In wet and windy weather, slowing down and driving or riding to the conditions are key safety tips to remember,” she said. Ensuring your tyres are in good condition, braking gently, turning your lights on and reducing your speed if there is fog or mist around were also offered as advice for winter motorists. “Every death and serious injury on our roads is preventable and by taking a few simple precautions you could potentially save your life,” she said.

On alert: drivers slow down on a wet day in Leongatha.

Roadworks dwindle DUPLICATION of the Bass Highway to Phillip Island will be slowed due to wet weather. VicRoads advises minor works will continue over coming months, including road maintenance and other off-road works. The new northbound lanes of the Bass Highway (from Woolmer Road to Coast Road) are ready for final surfacing works, which can only be applied in continued warmer conditions. These final surfacing works will be carried out later this year once the weather is warmer

and drier. Over the next few months, traffic along the Bass Highway will continue to travel on the existing lanes as they are now. The current traffic arrangement along Phillip Island Road, including reduced speed limits, will remain in place over winter. This section will also be left wide enough to accommodate the ‘blue line treatment’ for major events on Phillip Island, such as the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix. The new link road is ready for final surfacing layers that will be applied later this year.

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g n i t a FAMILY DOCTOR WEEK r b e l Ce

Country practice bustling L E O N G AT H A’ S Long Street Family Medicine is growing day by day. In an average week the doctors – along with practice nurse Debbie Williams - treat between 330 and 360 patients. Dr Fred Edwards said for now the only limit on LSFM’s ability to grow was “the availability of doctors, rather

than a lack of patients”. “When we get our new doctor in a month or so, I’m sure those numbers will jump up to 500. There’s definitely a need for the clinic in the town. It’s all very positive,” he said. The two female and two male doctors are attracting a new clientele, pulling in patients from far and wide. “We’re getting a huge

response from a younger age group – the under 45s - along with lots of mums with kids. We seem to be getting a lot of girls coming to us too, because we have the two female doctors,” Dr Edwards said. “The other group we’re seeing is the farmers, the old fellas coming down from the hills to see me. They’re after men’s health checks. They talk tractors,

and cows and we even do a bit of medicine sometimes, on a bad day.” Aside from younger people, girls and farmers, the clinic is also seeing many patients from outside Leongatha. While there has been more than a few from Korumburra, Inverloch, Mirboo North and Wonthaggi, others have come from as far away as Lang Lang.

Practice manager Charlene Horkings said LSFM’s success was largely due to the great group of people working at the clinic, along with a community desperate for more medical services. “We accept new patients and the influx of people has been really positive. The clinic has been accepted really well and we’re very happy with

the progress. We’ve got a great team,” practice manage Charlene Horkings said. With onsite pathology, a fulltime nurse, the availability of professionals to conduct minor medical procedures, electrocardiography tests and pre-employment medicals, LSFM’s services are broad. Dr Edwards said the bulk billing clinic had provided employment for 12 people, as well as giving the region more medical services. “I reckon it’s a really good contribution to the area. There’s not many

companies that start up and immediately employ that many,” he said. The clinic’s reach may soon be much wider, with the possibility of a doctor being on call at Leongatha Memorial Hospital. “I think that link is going to be made, but we’re not rushing it. We’re keen for the doctors to get a lot more experience treating people at the clinic first,” Dr Edwards said. LSFM is open from 8am on weekdays (until 6.30pm on Tuesdays for late appointments), and on Saturdays from 9am to 12pm.

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PHONE: 5662 2201 A great team: from left, receptionist Olga Gordon, Dr Tilak Kulatunge, practice nurse Debbie Williams, practice manager Charlene Horkings, Dr Fred Edwards, Dr Krishanthi Daigala and receptionist Katrina Benson are part of the LSFM team.

Happy at home L E O N G AT H A Healthcare GP Lesley Chisholm will be celebrating this year’s Family Doctor Week (July 15 to 21) by doing what she does best – taking care of her long list of patients. “I’ve been here 23 and a bit years. It’s a privilege to be a family doctor. Having been here for such a long time, there’s people I knew as teenagers who are married and have had children. I get to treat the children as well. It’s a privilege,” Dr Chisholm said. “It’s rather nice being a rural GP, because you’re involved with the community and you get to see those other people in different circumstances. You know who their parents and grandparents are. You know a little bit more about the family dynamic, which can sometimes be causing dramas too.

“It’s a great career. I love it.” Dr Chisholm recently spent four weeks working at a clinic on remote Groote Eylandt, alongside husband and fellow Leongatha Healthcare GP, Hugh Chisholm. Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and homeland of the Anindilyakwa people. It lies 50 km from the Northern Territory mainland, and measures about 50 km from east to west and 60 km from north to south. Even for the seasoned medicos, the experience was something of an eye opener. The couple treated local indigenous people and mining families. While Dr Chisholm described the experience as “good fun”, it presented many challenges. “Treating the mining families was not a lot different to what we see here in Leongatha, but Aboriginal health is quite different, because they’re so sick,” she said. “The chronic disease burden is huge and they’re

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Dr Lesley Chisholm: the Leongatha Healthcare GP is happy being part of the local community, describing her work as a “privilege”. are young people in their ’20s and ’30s who have severe diseases we wouldn’t expect to see in people until they’re in their ’60s and ’70s. “They have rheumatic heart disease, which we barely see here now. There’s kidney disease requiring dialysis. That was quite shocking, quite confronting.” She believes there is no simple explanation for the situation. The Chisholms had been involved in Aboriginal health years ago in Broome, before they came to Leongatha – but it was nothing like what they

experienced recently on Groote Eylandt. “These people were sicker, which was sad,” Dr Chisholm said. The couple has also practiced medicine in The Philippines, and Dr Chisholm said the main thing she brought back from overseas working trips – along with the exotic ones within Australia - was the knowledge of “how fortunate we are to have the healthcare systems we have here”. “It’s good to have a change and do something different, but our home’s here and I appreciate being here,” she said.

However, South Gippsland is not without its healthcare challenges, Dr Chisholm said – not least of all blokey men who refuse to see doctors. With this in mind, the clinic partners have made tentative plans to open a men’s only clinic with a male doctor. But, rather than waiting until a minor medical problem becomes a major medical problem, Dr Chisholm urges her patients to have regular check-ups. She believes wholeheartedly in the axiom: “Prevention is better than a cure.”

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Up and over: Khye Simpson, Josh Goff, Zara Littlejohn and Jessie Fowkes practice their strength and skill on the parallel bars.

Different view: Rachael Ramsay, Rachel Carlisle, Holly Belsar and Shayla Guymer turn their world upside down practicing handstands during their gymnastic lesson.

Kids fly high By Sarah Vella ST Laurence O’Toole Primary School students have started their gymnastic lessons, which will continue in to the middle of next term.

The whole of the Leongatha school is involved in the classes, which will culminate in a gymnastics display day on August 29. The children in the senior classes who score the most points during the display day will have the opportunity to compete in Melbourne in September.

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Toora winds down TOORA Primary School’s leadership group organised a whole school footy day for the second last day of term and a movie day, complete with popcorn. Kids practised their handballing, kicking, colouring in and arm painting as part of a footy related activities. “We had an activity like this one last year, which everyone seemed to enjoy, so we decided to do it again this year,” student Stephanie said.

The leadership committee organises one whole school activity per term. The Grade 5/6 class worked on dioramas last term. Working under the theme of environments, students have designed miniature representations of rainforests, deserts, snow-capped mountain ranges and more. They have been using all sorts of materials, including clay, glue, plaster, paint, trees, rocks and matchsticks. Jacob also discovered coconut makes a convincing snow substitute.

WITH Strike a pose: showing perfect balance, Chloe Stock, Meaghan Stothart, Sullie Herbert and Mark Mancarella pose on the beam at St Laurence’s.

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Hopefully, by this stage, you have ventured into cooking celeriac. Otherwise you will be annoyed by the number of recipes I am giving for this fine vegetable. If you are doing a roast and cooking several roast vegetables (eg potato, pumpkin, parsnip), add some chunks of celeriac as well- it is lovely roasted and golden.

CELERIAC WITH TAGLIATELLE Kick on: members of the leadership group, Seth, Mikayla, Jacob and Stephanie, warm up their skills for the footy day.

From pages past

SPENCER Lee Thomas Dickson was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on July 1 to Candice Dickson and Daniel Burke of Dalyston.

Historical snippets from The Star 30 years ago July 19, 1983 ON JULY 19, 1983 an Atari gaming system, with three free tapes was a bargain at $199. Games like Space Invaders, Asteroids and Air Sea Rescue were all the rage. Ms Pac-Man was new on the market in July and as a special deal you could get $1.50 off at Leongatha’s Amcal Pharmacy.

10 years ago July 15, 2003 COUNCILLOR Diane Casbolt wants to see further developments at

Sandy Point put on hold until council has completed its Sandy Point structure plan. The Coastal Promontory Ward councillor made this statement when commenting on the defeat, at a recent VCAT hearing, of a proposed two-storey, 11 unit development at the Sandy Point Caravan Park.

5 years ago July 15, 2008 THE South Gippsland Umpires Association (SGUA) is threatening to deny umpires to Philip Island Football Club after a string of abusive incidents. At the behest of the SGUA,

the club has responded by offering the umpires extra security at its home games. “Red Coats” will escort the umpires on and off the ground.

1 year ago July 17, 2012 FARMERS are getting a raw deal with their municipal rates and they have had enough. About 60 of them gathered at Kilcunda Hall last Thursday to press for action. Regional VFF membership manager Ken Bailey told them the average farmer pays $9000 a year. The average residential figure is just over $1000.

LEXI Rose Price is the first child for Jess and Matt Price of Kardella. She was born on July 1 at South Gippsland Hospital at Foster.

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Wizard casts theatre magic LYRIC Theatre’s spectacular production of The Wizard of Oz continued to woo audiences over the weekend, with people of all ages filling Leongatha’s Mesley Hall to enjoy the show. The cast of young and old delighted theatre-goers with their breadth of talent, while the costumes and sets were simply dazzling. The show continues until this Saturday, June 20. Tickets are on sale at Mushroom Crafts, or phone 5662 3940.

Above, Munchkins sing out: Amelia Dunn of Leongatha and Molly Kent are enjoying performing in Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s latest musical, The Wizard of Oz.

Official trio: leading figures in The Wizard of Oz Munchkinland barrister played by Ben Cantwell, mayor of Munchkinland, Vincent Trease and coroner, Kirk Eldridge looked important in their wonderful costumes.

Good versus evil: from left, the very scary Wicked Witch of the West expertly played by Nicole Cooper threatens the beautiful Leanne Johnson who is stunning in her role as Glinda the Good Witch in Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s The Wizard of Oz.

Making music: flautist for The Wizard of Oz band Christine Ross of Korumburra was all smiles following the opening night performance and chatted with Newhaven College’s director of music Kirk Skinner, Tom Green of Wonthaggi and the show’s musical director Elaine Epifano.

Cute: two of the beautiful Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz being staged at Mesley Hall in Leongatha until July 20.

Farewell: the curtain will go down on Leongatha’s The Wizard of Oz musical this weekend so be sure to catch leading young lady Dorothy, Olivia Winchcombe, Tinman, Terry Lay, Scarecrow, Chris Gale and all the amazing cast in this wonderful show before it sails away this Saturday night, June 20. Tickets are on sale at Mushroom Crafts in Leongatha.

Show makers: Leongatha Lyric Theatre life member Alison McIntyre attended the opening night of The Wizard of Oz, along with costume coordinator Heather Drury, director Peter McAlpine, production manager Sheryl Harris and Dianne Smart.

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ART created by modern and established techniques will be exhibited side by side at Meeniyan Art Gallery. The latest show, Digital Arts Collection – Fish Creek, presents works by Kerry Spokes, Andrew McPherson and Michael Chang. The exhibition brings together digitally created images with unique perceptions of contemporary and familiar scenes, as well as wood and metal pieces. The digital works in the show combine three dimensional computer modelling, photography and digital image manipulation.

“Some are interpretations of real places and structures in South Gippsland, while others are imaginary compositions,” Michael said. “I’m interested in calling on aspects of digital photography, computer rendering, and traditional painting to create moody works that contain elements of all of them.” While Michael and Kerry create manipulated computer images, Andrew said he tries to keep his pieces slicker, “more highly finished than I have in previous exhibitions”. “I couldn’t completely keep rust and decay out but have in the main not just relied on the material to speak for itself,” he said. “I guess this is somewhat of a retreat into my woodworking past but I feel the forms presented here are more sophisticated than I have done previously. “I find the creative process is like the actions of waves and tide. You push out beyond your boundaries and then retreat back

to where you have come from but hopefully, each time, you are a little further up the beach.” Andrew has worked in fine woodwork and furniture since 1976 and now operates his own gallery, ride the wild goat, at Fish Creek. He has won first prize and people’s choice award at Life Aquatic at Fish Creek, second prize in the 2012 Great Southern Portrait Prize at Foster, and placed eighth in the 1996 National Woodwork Competition. He has exhibited in South Gippsland and Melbourne. Michael studied architecture at Melbourne University and has worked as an architect in Melbourne, Perth and Singapore. Kerry operates Gecko Studio Gallery at Fish Creek and is renowned for her abstract, modernistic work. The exhibition opens on Sunday, July 28 from 2-4pm, and continues until August 22. The gallery is at 84 Whitelaw Street, Meeniyan.

Out there: pressed metal lamps by Andrew McPherson.

Iconic work: a unique take on Wilsons Promontory National Park, Prom, by Michael Chang.

Nature blooms in every print A YOUNG artist with an impressive CV will offer his linocuts and etchings at Fish Creek’s Gecko Studio Gallery. John Sharp of Pheasant Creek presents Art of Life - linocuts and etchings by John Sharp from July 21 to August 17, opening this Sunday, July 21 from 2-5pm. The gallery’s Michael Lester is anticipating a successful show. “He is obviously very committed to his art and studies as evidenced by his volunteering in 2010 to do volunteer work at an Elephant Nature Park in Thailand and the etching which resulted from that experience,” Michael said. “All his prints and linocuts are of trees or animals. I wonder if he has ever even thought about doing human figures or anything other than trees and animals? “ John had works (including Renevatio) in a show at Gecko Studio Gallery titled Arboreal - Out on a Limb, a group exhibition focusing on trees between May–June last year. His interest in linocuts and etching began while studying VCE art at Diamond Valley College. After the Black Saturday bushfire in 2009, he continued using these mediums to express his love of the countryside and animals. He studied for a Bachelor of Science (zoology) at Melbourne University and began a Masters degree in 2012 studying red-necked wallabies and other macropods. John has exhibited widely, including at the

National Gallery of Victoria, Toolangi Festival Art

Show, Kilmore Art Expo and Federation Square.

Ideas in nature: John Sharp has taken his interest in animals to the realm of art.

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Outsider art: Bruce Plant is hosting an exhibition of his paintings at Coal Creek Community Gallery.

The Korumburra artist’s exhibition shares the name with the ’70s fringe art movement Outsider Art and is on display at the Coal Creek Community Gallery, Korumburra. The 28 paintings on display employ the abstract style, although there are runs of figurativeness throughout. “The works are highly personal and come straight out of my mind,” Mr Plant said. “Some are autobiographical while others come from the depths of my imagination. “It’s a way to communicate my thoughts without speaking.” Even though Mr Plant studied fine arts at university, he said his painting style is self taught. This is Mr Plant’s ninth solo exhibition and he is hoping viewers will enjoy his work. Mr Plant takes an art therapy class through Gippsland Southern Health Service. The exhibition opened on Saturday and will open at the gallery every day until July 28.

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The usual buying group attended a dearer market. Trade cattle were in short supply as many of the young cattle offered were plainer lines. A better selection of grown steers and bullocks was a little stronger, while a mixed offering of grown heifers sold to generally firm demand. Friesian manufacturing steers continued to sell well, while the three score crossbreds held firm. Processors showed very strong interest in the cows with

prices improving significantly across the board and heavy Friesians reaching averages of 300c/kg cwt. A limited number of yearling grass steers sold to 195c, with the heifer portion reaching 180c/kg. A small selection of light weight grown steers sold from 187c to 198c/kg. C muscle grown steers made between 188c and 195c lifting 1c, with the secondary D muscle lines between 178c and 193c lifting 5c/kg. C muscle bullocks sold between 192c and 197c lifting 2c to 3c, with the secondary D muscle lines between 178c and 192c lifting 2c/kg. Grown heifers made mostly from 146c to 178c after a top of 185c/kg. Heavy weight Friesian

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Store sale Thursday, July 11 Total yarding: 1022. Steers: L.R. & B.A. Conway, Glengarry, 10 x $860; J. & S. Kelly, Korumburra, 9 x $815; R. & L. Murfett, Willung South, 2 x $815; K. & H. O’Brien, Leongatha, 17 x $800; R.J. MacKenzie, Leongatha, 1 x $765; T. & R. Browne, Tarwin, 4 x $760. Heifers: R. & L. Murfett, Willung South, 1 x $750; A. Stollery, Mirboo North, 6 x $580; N. Chapman, Glen Alvie, 3 x $560; A.M. & L.D. Callister, Koorooman, 1 x $540; P.A. & M.A. Dwyer, Leongatha, 1 x $540; C. Boulton, Mirboo, 1 x $500. Cows: G.R. Motton, Leongatha, 1 x $675; Seabreeze Farm P/L, Tarraville, 1 x $860; C. Boulton, Mirboo, 1 x $410. Cows and calves: G. & H. White, Korumburra, 11 x $1070; Seabreaze Farm P/L, Tarraville, 8 x $860; J. & L. Brown, Nyora, 1 x $830; R.J. & E.M. Brewer, Toora, 2 x $650; D. Land, Arawata, 4 x $555.

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Price closes at $4.97kg MURRAY Goulburn announced a final step up for the 2012-13 season last week. The co-op announced a rise of four cents per kilogram of fat and 10 cents per kilogram of protein. This takes MG’s final weighted-average price for 201213 to $4.97 per kilogram milk solids. “The step-up is possible due to our continued hard work on MG’s cost reduction and efficiency program and our capacity to deliver returns in what was a very difficult market for most of 2012-13. This is consistent with the cooperative’s approach of returning available profits to our shareholders,” MG managing director Gary Helou said. “This step-up injects a further $15 million into MG dairy farm cash flows and adds further to our 27 per cent increase in opening price. Combined, it is estimated that MG will provide an additional $245 million to its suppliers in the first half of 2013-14 compared to last season.”

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Happy pair: Pam and Joey Smith say a passion for dairy farming and a good boss has made for a successful sharefarming arrangement.

Close ties make for sharefarming success Joey and Pam Smith of Inverloch know that only too well. Fortunately for them, their ties with bosses Ken and Cherie Harris are so strong they have sharefarmed with Ken for 40 years, starting out when Joey was just 21. The connection, however, goes back further. Pam milked for Ken before she married Joey. “We are like family,” Joey said. A professional but relaxed management approach helps keep ties strong. “Ken pretty well leaves it up to us to manage it. That’s one of the reasons we have gone so well as he left us to do our own thing,” Pam said. The expected approach of give and take, compatible personalities and shared goals are critical to a partnership continuing. “Ken is pretty easy going and we are too,” Joey said. Pam added: “He’s not

for Ken at Jumbunna before moving to their Inverloch farm in 1983. The property was then designed to cater for beef and sheep, and together, the Smiths and Harrises converted the farm to dairying, building laneways and fencing. As satisfied as they are with their arrangement, the Smiths empathise with the challenges young farmers face trying to enter sharefarming. “Half the time the farmers want them to have half a herd of cows and machinery,” Pam said. Joey added: “There is a lot of money involved and a lot of farmers want the commitment too. “If they have to take a massive loan and have a crook year on the prices, they are struggling to pay the loan back. “You wonder with all these dairy farms (on the market) who is going to take them on.” The Smiths and Harrises have endured the trials of the industry together, working through wet winters and dry years. During one drought, Pam worked in a fish’n’chip shop at Inverloch to supplement the family income. Even now, the industry could be brighter.

“Because of the drop in milk prices, we have had about a 10-15 per cent drop in income this year,” Joey said. “The carbon tax will equate to about $30,000 this year in the dairy. “It’s hard, especially when you get a drop in milk price. The silly thing is that it costs more to buy a litre of water than it does to buy a litre of milk.” Yet they remain confident in the future of dairying and the ability of South Gippsland to provide idyllic dairying conditions. “I always say to Joey that if we had not milked cows, we would not be where we are today,” Pam said. Looking back on their decision to sharefarm, the Smiths would not have had it any other way. “It’s a good life because you are certainly your own boss. The lifestyle is good but you have to like working with animals,” Joey said. “If people are going to get into sharefarming, they just have to be prepared for the hard work and provided they get along with their boss, it will be all right.” “That’s the hardest

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one to be in your pocket.” Under the 60:40 share (Harris:Smith) arrangement, Ken owns the herd and farm equipment, while the Smiths pay for dairy electricity and fencing, and supply their own tractor. The Smiths are responsible for animal health and the Harrises pay the vet bills. They run a 40 stand rotary dairy, milking about 260 cows this year and feeding solely grass to minimise costs and reliance on off farm feed that is subject to supply pressures. The operation is largely kept within the family, with the Smiths’ daughter Brooke working on the farm and son Jason helping occasionally. A neighbour’s son Jack Connor, 17, lends a hand when he visits from Melbourne. The Smiths lease 100 acres owned by his family that adjoins the farm. “If you employ too many you do not always get anything more because you have to pay them,” Joey said. Pam remarked: “A lot of people are keen enough to do tractor work but milking wears off because it gets a bit boring.” The Smiths sharefarmed

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Family, friends and carers of people with dementia are invited to attend the monthly Carers’ Support Group. Meet people who share similar experiences in a relaxed setting.

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Contact John and Judy 0418 586 324

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Please join us To celebrate the life of a very special Gippslander

The Late Reverend H.A. (Jim) Cairns who was rector of the Parish of Leongatha 1952 - 1960 during the building of our church

Saturday 20th July at 11.30am St Peter’s Anglican Church Bruce Street, Leongatha Fondly remembered by the people of Leongatha THE ROTARY CLUB OF LEONGATHA thank the Sponsors and Businesses who supported our highly successful Dance and Auction night - “Masquerade Party” held Saturday May 18, 2013. Without the support of our local businesses, functions such as this would not be possible and we are deeply grateful and appreciative. As with all fundraising activities of Rotary the local community ultimately receives the benefit. A most enjoyable night was had by all, thank you. Our Sponsors and Businesses that provided auction items and prizes: Lacy Jewellery Studio Meeniyan Reece Plumbing South Gippsland Shire SWAT Pest Mgt. Great Southern Outdoors Prom Country - Glen O’Neill Handley Funeral Services Sampson Auto Repairs Lulu Cafe Belvale Wines Berry’s Creek Evans Petroleum Bi-Rite - Kelvin & Kathy Smith A. W. Smith & Sons Burges Bus Lines C & L Stainless Westaway Bolge & Assoc David Trease Design & Drafting The Lighthouse Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate Excessorise SAFE Scaffolding Influence On Dusk Clothing Meritum Investments Nagels Pharmacy Leongatha Agencies S. G Cars & Offroad Morrison Jefferis Accountants Sports 1st Leongatha Oakleys, McKenzie-McHarg John O’Connor Lawyers McCartins Hotel Edneys Leongatha KB Carpets McDonald & Roberts Electricians Michael Malone Shield Master Panthers Mensland Penguin Air Bill Panther S.E.J. - Ruralco Perrett & Assoc Riseley’s Transport Middy’s Knights of Leongatha Autobarn Steve & Faye Rump Builders Repco Gatha Foodstore Mitre 10 Leongatha Kitchens & Bathrooms Marriott’s Machinery Shan’s Lingerie & Leisure Jean Depot Taylors Bus Lines JSL Light Engines Chapman Machinery Service Manna Gum Restaurant Lacy Jewellery Studio Hartley Wells Furniture Voyage Fitness Leongatha Colin Watson Holden Jetset Travel & Renee Carmody Hayes Jewellers Leongatha Photographics Serafino’s Considine & Johnston Rod Spokes Butcher Taranto Windows & Glass Action Pumps Leongatha Newsagency Leongatha Beauty Care Mandy K Design

UnitingCare Gippsland is a quality accredited community service agency. Staff and volunteers provide a range of community services in Gippsland for children, young people, families and individuals. The Agency has a vision of a healthy Gippsland, where disadvantage and inequity are challenged. UnitingCare Gippsland is currently seeking the following:

Relief Early Childhood Staff Bachelor, Diploma and Cert 3 qualiﬁed staff for our kinder, mobile and child care programs.

Family Day Care Educators Across the Gippsland Region for 2013 For further information please visit our website: www.ucgipps.org.au or call Pam Porter on 5152 9600 UnitingCare Gippsland interviews in the interests of safety and wellbeing of children and young people.

South Gippsland Shire Council

Café Attendants • Permanent part time • 15 hours per week • $25.51 per hour Do you enjoy providing Customer Service? Do you love working with food? This is an ideal opportunity to bring your customer service experience to our friendly team at Coal Creek Community Park & Museum located in Korumburra. You will be required to work part time Thursday to Monday. Your responsibilities will be to provide quick, friendly service to customers, including sandwich making and the operation of coffee machines and all other facets of food and beverage services. A Responsible Service of Alcohol Certiﬁcate is essential. Enquiries to Rowena Ashley, Coal Creek Coordinator, on 5655 1811. All applicants must submit an Employment Application form and address the selection criteria outlined in the position description, by 5pm Wednesday 31 July 2013. Further information and a position description are available on our website.

www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

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Disability Accommodation Services Work Location - White Road, Wonthaggi

RECEPTIONIST/BOOKKEEPER

$54,913 to $60,539 p.a. + superannuation Ongoing - Full Time 76 hours per fortnight

We have a full time position available for a receptionist/ booker for our agricultural machinery dealership. We are searching for a self motivated energetic individual with excellent communication skills to carry out receptionist duties and all bookkeeping activities. You must have strong time management, organisational and attention to detail skills. You must be a team player with a friendly professional manner . • MYOB experience is essential • Process and manage weekly payroll and monthly superannuation • Process BAS and lodge with ATO • Manage all accounts payable and receivable • Maintain administration supplies and stock requirement • Manage reception responsibilities and customer communication To apply for this position references are essential. Applications close 30th July, 2013 Please forward your application to: The Manager Chapman Machinery Service P/L 58 Yarragon Road Leongatha Vic 3953 or admin@chapmanmachinery.com.au

The Disability Development and Support Officer Level 3 House Supervisor works rostered shifts, generally in Disability Accommodation Services. The role is required to independently deliver or supervise services that support people with disabilities, across their lifecycle and in all domains of life, to enable access to a quality life with dignity, respect and social inclusion, in the least restrictive environment. The role requires leadership and management skills to facilitate quality service outcomes.

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For further information please contact Steve Stainsby on 5662 6116. Please quote position no DHS/S/00000897 Closing date: Wednesday 24 July 2013

Police Checks form part of the Department of Human Services recruitment process. The department encourages and welcomes interest from Aboriginal Australians for this role. Please contact our Aboriginal employment information and support line (phone: 1300 092 406 or email: aboriginal.employment@dhs.vic.gov.au) should you wish to access assistance with your application. To apply online and view the job description, visit www.dhs.vic.gov.au/careers For other Victorian Government opportunities, please visit www.careers.vic.gov.au

We are currently offering the following career opportunities:

Clinical Lead - PDRSS Intake Assessment Pilot project – 17803 Fixed Term, Full Time position, base location negotiable An exciting opportunity exists for a qualiﬁed professional with project management skills to lead the new Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Services (PDRSS) Intake Assessment Pilot project. This 12 month regional pilot project aims to provide an intake portal to clients with a permanent psychiatric condition who have been identiﬁed as requiring referral to a PDRSS. If you have experience in mental health, high level communication skills and project management skills we would encourage you to discuss your application with us further. For further information regarding this position please contact Kate Graham, Manager Gateway on (03) 5136 5441.

Applications close 4.30pm, Friday 19 July 2013

Service Access Clinician - PDRSS Intake Assessment Pilot project – 17804 Fixed Term, Full Time position, base location negotiable An exciting opportunity exists for two professionals with skills or experience in the health and/or community sector. The new 12 month Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Services (PDRSS) Intake Assessment Pilot project is seeking two professionals to work within the LCHS Service Access team to provide information, assess risk and prioritise clients with a permanent psychiatric disability for access to regional PDRSS services. If you have experience in the community health or mental health sector, high level communication skills and skills in needs identiﬁcation and service coordination we would encourage you to discuss your application with us further. Applicants with a lived experience in mental ill health are encouraged to apply. For further information regarding this position please contact Kate Graham, Manager Gateway on (03) 5136 5441.

Applications close 4.30pm, Friday 19 July 2013

Financial Counsellor - Gamblers Help Service – 17808 Permanent, Part Time position, base location negotiable

The specific focus of this position is to help people in personal financial difficulty, to address their financial problems and make informed choices in regard to problem gambling.

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If you are an energetic self-starter, committed to continuous improvement this could be the ideal role for you.

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Full time position Community College Gippsland is seeking a professional (ideally with education, sales, marketing or human resources background) to liaise with business, industry and schools to identify and coordinate the Workplace Learning and Community Education engagement opportunities across South Gippsland and Bass Coast. The Coordinator will identify and create new workplace learning opportunities and expand existing work placements to ensure that young people are able to access placements, especially in industries that provide strong vocational outcomes. The Coordinator will also advocate the use of workplace learning, creating engagement with industry and with education and training providers to actively promote workplace learning and to continue to generate more opportunities for students to participate. Applicants must be able to develop strong relationships with all stakeholders and actively pursue business and industry engagement. This is a ﬁxed term contract. Applications close: 24th July 2013. Position description available at: www.ccg.asn.au Email: joanne.kingwill@ccg.asn.au or 5622 6000

ASSOCIATE NURSE UNIT MANAGERS – GRADE 3

REGISTERED NURSES – GRADE 2

Applications are invited for the following positions. The successful applicants must be prepared to relieve the Nurse Unit Manager, undertake delegated portfolio work and work all tours of duty. You will possess the following: • Current and well developed nursing care skills with a commitment to sharing knowledge and skill with others • Current registration from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency • Well-developed Clinical Nursing Skills • Middle management skills including (but not restricted to): o Good Interpersonal skills o Organisational and problem solving skills o Time management skills • Evidence of ongoing self development • Understanding of ANCI competencies and Codes of Ethics/Professional conduct The successful applicants will have proven clinical and management experience or be working towards this. Koorooman House (2 positions) Minimum 56 hours per fortnight (0.63EFT) negotiable to Full Time Applicants with ACFI training will be highly regarded and Multi-Function Ward Limited Tenure (covering maternity leave) til 6/7/2014 Applicants with experience in Medical/Surgical Nursing – Critical Care will be highly regarded. Applicants will have completed or be prepared to undertake Advanced Life Support competencies. This position will be primarily based at Korumburra.

Multi-Function Ward/Alchera Limited Tenure - 64 hrs per fortnight (0.84 EFT) EFT Negotiable Applications are invited for the position of Registered Nurse. The successful applicant will be required to provide all facets of care, while working as part of a team in our acute and residential areas. You will possess the following: • Current registration from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency • Have well developed, or developing: o Interpersonal skills o Organisational and problem solving skills o Time management and decision making skills • Evidence of ongoing self development • Understanding of ANCI competencies and Codes of Ethics/Professional conduct

PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS – HILLSIDE LODGE (Casual) Applications are invited for the positions of Personal Care Attendant. The successful applicant should possess the following: • Current Certificate III or IV in Aged Care Work • Current Certificate in food handling • Clinical experience in a health services environment • Evidence of recent professional development • Demonstrated ability to work with others • Proficient written and verbal communication skills • Ability to implement required tasks in allocated time frames • Current First Aid Certificate • The ability to work all tours of duty as rostered

REGISTERED NURSE, MIDWIFE – GRADE 2

Our ever growing Community Support team of health professionals are seeking a proactive and dynamic Financial Counsellor for this role. The aim of this program is to build ﬁnancial resilience and wellbeing for vulnerable people and those most at risk of ﬁnancial and social exclusion and disadvantage.

• For further information and copies of each position description visit our careers page www.lchs.com.au/careers. • Applicants must address the Selection Criteria and lodge their application online. • No late or hard copy applications will be accepted.

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

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Latrobe Community Health Service is one of the largest community health providers in Victoria. We provide professional and career development, salary packaging, an employee assistance program, work life balance and much more.

Applications close 4.30pm, Friday 19 July 2013

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CHAPMAN MACHINERY SERVICE P/L

House Supervisor - DDSO3

For further information regarding this position please contact Ann Briggs, Manager Counselling Services on (03) 5136 5494.

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General Ward/Midwifery (2 positions) Part Time – EFT negotiable and Limited Tenure (covering maternity leave) – EFT Negotiable The successful applicants will be required to provide all facets of care, while working as part of a team in our midwifery and acute areas. You will possess the following: • Current registration from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency • Proven, and or, developing clinical and midwifery skills. As a minimum will have completed a Graduate Year/ Transition Program. • Have well developed, or developing: o Interpersonal skills o Organisational and problem solving skills o Time management and decision making skills • Evidence of ongoing self development • Understanding of ANCI competencies and Codes of Ethics/Professional conduct • Practice and promote commitment to Australian College of Midwives incorporated Competency Standards (Midwives)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------GSHS offers a comprehensive orientation program on commencement of employment. All staff have access to excellent staff mentoring, education and support programs. Salary Packaging is available to all permanent staff. All applicants will be required to provide a current satisfactory police check. If you are interested in joining a supportive and progressive team, please contact the Executive Assistant, Dianna Mollica, on 5667 5504 to obtain an application kit or visit our website at www.gshs.com.au. Applicants are also encouraged to contact Neil Langstaff on 5667 5504 to discuss employment opportunities at GSHS. Completed application kits can be forwarded by Friday, 26th July 2013 to: Neil Langstaff Director of Nursing Inpatient/Residential Care Gippsland Southern Health Service Private Bag 13 LEONGATHA VIC 3953

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SEWING MACHINE

BEAUTY/SPA THERAPIST Opportunity for recently graduated and experienced beauty therapy practitioners (Cert 4 minimum) including Microdermabrasion, Non-Surgical Facelift, Facials, Massage including Hot Stone and other Spa therapies at a well-established Day Spa in South Gippsland. Sub-contract basis, so suits someone ﬂexible. Must love what you do, be a good listener / team player with a passion for health and wellbeing. ABN and insurance a prerequisite. Email CV and covering letter to: koonwarraspa@bigpond.com

livestock

FOR SALE

Commercial crossbreds. Fully vaccinated. Not debeaked. 12wk (black, red, white, Isa Brown) $15

FREE QUOTES WONTHAGGI SEWING CENTRE

167 Graham Street Wonthaggi

5672 3127

Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays

Meat Processors, labourers and Skilled Staff Required For large Export Meat processing facilities in the Wonthaggi Region. Stability and Long term Employment Opportunities Available Duties include: • General Labouring • Process Work • Rendering • Boning/Slicing/Knife Hand • Picking & Packing Experience not essential. Full training provided. MUST be Australian citizen or permanent resident. Full time & casual positions available. Early starts. MUST be prepared to attend INFORMATION SESSION. Eligibility Criteria Applies. To apply please call 8398 1728 or email your most recent resumé to madmin@miss.vic.edu.au

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DAIRY FARM HAND FULL TIME POSITION

PROPOSAL TO UPGRADE MOBILE PHONE BASE STATION AT LEONGATHA

available on a progressive 500 cow dairy farm in Waratah Bay. Involves milking and general farm duties. Off farm accommodation available Phone 0428 841 425

Custom built motorbike trailer, made to carry three dirt bikes or one or two road bikes. Fold out heavy-duty ramp included and stored under the rear of the trailer. LED tail lights. $1,700 ONO Call Robert 0438 009 791 BUCKET SEATS 4WD, as new, $120 pair. 0429675145. FIREWOOD local hardwood mixture, split, seasoned, pick up or delivered. Bulk loads available, $100 per metre. Ph: 0437-176187. FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980711, A/H 5662-5175.

FIRST CHOICE RESUMES from $40. 0412 252 895 f.c.r@bigpond.net.au 24-48 hr completion. WORKER(S) required to milk 140 dairy cows in a 12 double-up herringbone dairy. Wages or contract negotiable. South Gippsland, Toora area. 0407-013307.

Better health, Better lifestyles, Stronger communities

HOLDEN CAPTIVA 2009, silver, CX 5 door wagon, 2.0lt diesel, 7 seater, full service history, roof mounted DVD player with 2 headsets, 149,000km, great condition. Reg. XOB539. Great family car $20,000. Ph: 0407-155546. PURE WOOL RUG 3.3m x 2.4m, $220. 5664-2430. SHIPPING CONTAINER hire $25 per week, your place or mine. Ph: 0419313483. SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $12.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $16.75 each. Free delivery for pack lots. Phone Joe 0417-530662. TIMBER Kiln dried blackwood, silver wattle, cypress, celery top pine, most sizes for furniture and craft, also slabs and structural pine. Ph: 56812261.

wanted to buy CASH PAID farm four wheelers, ag bikes, trucks, 4WDs and ride-on mowers. Any condition. Phone Matt 0401-194601.

for lease 5 ACRES land with shed $3,000 per year. Ideal for animals. Dollar Road, Dumbalk. Phone Jaganat 9699-5122, 0406-741518.

Two Executive Roles • Executive Director Assessment, Aged and Disability Services • Executive Director Community Support Latrobe Community Health Service is one of the largest not-for-proﬁt registered community health services in Victoria.

for rent

With a client-centred approach, LCHS provides a range of services to support Victorians to lead healthier, richer, more rewarding lives.

3 BEDROOM townhouse, 2 bathrooms, double garage, close to main street, $300 pw, and 2 BEDROOM plus study, recently renovated, reverse-cycle heating and cooling, $210 pw.

Recently two of our Executive team members were successful in obtaining CEO roles with other organisations. As a result, LCHS is currently seeking the services of two highly motivated and skilled professionals for senior executive positions. The successful applicants will be expected to contribute to the overall strategic leadership of the organisation.

Executive Director Assessment, Aged and Disability Services Key to the Executive Director Assessment Aged and Disability Services role is your ability to lead the management, development and delivery of client assessment services, and aged and disability services across Gippsland, Grampians and the Hume Region. You will manage a budget of $17m and a staff of 100.

To view these properties please contact Kellie or Kasey at Stockdale & Leggo on 5662-5800.

Executive Director Community Support Key to the Executive Director Community Support role is your ability to lead the management, development and delivery of psycho-social and social support services across Gippsland. The services include Drug Treatment, Counselling and Respite. You will manage a budget of $7m and be responsible for over 80 staff.

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For a conﬁdential discussion please contact Ben Leigh, Chief Executive Ofﬁcer, on (03) 5136 5411.

1800 242 696

www.lchs.com.au

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marriage celebrant PAM HERRALD

GARAGE SALE Jenny Milkins 5662 2553 0438 097 181

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POULTRY / CAGE BIRD AUCTION Traralgon Showgrounds Poultry Pavilion, Sunday, July 21 , 10.30am. Wide variety of poultry, hens, ducks, many breeds, fertile eggs. Open for sellers from 8am. Ph: 5197 7270, 0400-934202.

• 2 x A4 Garage Sale Signs • Garage Sale Tips (dos and don’ts) • Sheet of Price Stickers • Star Carry Bag

BULLS for hire or sale. Friesian, Angus, Hereford, Limo or Jersey. All bulls have been semen tested. Hire or sale. Ph: AH 0447331762. DEXTER cow and calf 4 mths old - in calf, $550. 0429-675145. ISA BROWN pullets, 17 weeks, fully immunised, not debeaked, $22 each. Also available Peking ducks. Taking orders now. Tradeins welcome. Pick up on Friday, July 26 between 3 and 4pm at the Korumburra Show Grounds. Chook food available on the day. Unwanted animals taken, other animals for sale. Call Mark at Animals From The Farm 0419-425257 or AH 5629-9685.

used vehicles Affordable cars at drive away prices

KIT INCLUDES 5cm x S/C advert (valued at $33.00)

Total package valued at $41 ADVERTISE by calling 5662 5555 or emailing classiﬁeds@thestar.com.au or call in to 36 McCartin Street LEONGATHA to pick up your kit when you place your advertisement

meetings SOUTH Gippsland Walking and Adventure Club Inc. AGM at Cottage Restaurant, Inlet Hotel, Inverloch, Thursday, July 25. Tea 6.30pm, AGM 8pm

AGM

Meeniyan Area Community Shop Inc Tuesday, August 6, 2013 MEENIYAN HALL SUPPER ROOM 10am

LEONGATHA PROGRESS ASSOCIATION SG CHEAPEST CARS Geary Road Leongatha LMCT 10804

Phone Judy or Geoff 0428 920 095 for full range of vehicles Or visit: www.sgcheapestcars.com NOTE: drive away means no more to pay. All on road costs paid.

FREE CAR REMOVAL Will pay up to $300 for complete car Buyers of scrap metal All machinery Bins provided

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers 5672 2946 0417 556 593

Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays

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A GOOD 3 BEDROOM HOME IN CENTRAL KORUMBURRA

A highly competitive remuneration package including a fully maintained motor vehicle and access to salary packaging and other organisational beneﬁts awaits the successful candidates.

garage sales

Available from Elders Past., Leongatha 11am Phone 5662 3523 to order now (Brian Larkin Poultry)

SEEKING A PROFESSIONAL PERSON TO SHARE

These two positions provide a great opportunity for individuals already at this level or ready to take the next step and eager to make their mark in a complex, diverse and rewarding organisation.

Closing date for applications is 5.00pm, Monday 29 July 2013

PULLETS Wednesday, July 24

REPAIRS & SALES

DEVELOP A CAREER IN THE MEAT INDUSTRY

Telstra plans to upgrade a telecommunications facility at 20-22 Mccartin Street, Leongatha. 1. The proposed facility consists of the replacement of three (3) existing antennas with three (3) new antennas operating at 850MHz and 1800MHz and the installation of six (6) remote radio units. 2. Telstra regards the proposed installation as a Low-impact Facility under the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997 ("The Determination") based on the description above. 3. Further information can be obtained from Michaela Moore on behalf of Telstra, (03) 8663 4838, consultation@urbis.com.au and at http://www.rfnsa. com.au/3953001 4. Written submissions should be sent to: Urbis Pty Ltd, Level 12, 120 Collins Street, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 by 30th July 2013.

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$110 pw plus bills (6 months lease) + Bond No pets or couples House is partly furnished I am 23 and work full time in Korumburra. I’m very active, but also enjoy my down time (do not want to come home to a crazy house). Am looking for a person to move in who is fully employed, down to earth, friendly, respectful and aware of the etiquette of share housing. Genuine enquiries please phone 0448 526 662 between 5pm and 8pm

AGM Thursday, July 18 LEONGATHA RSL 7.30pm All welcome

LEONGATHA & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ANNUAL MEETING will be held on

Wednesday, August 14 8pm Mechanics’ Institute A special motion regarding incorporation will be put to the meeting.

LEONGATHA RED CROSS

AGM

Thursday, July 25 10.30am At Leongatha RSL Guest Speaker: M. Aeschlimann Visitors most welcome Enquiries: 5659 8239 5662 2126

MDU CRICKET CLUB

AGM

WEDNESDAY JULY 17 7.30pm DUMBALK CRICKET ROOMS

Leongatha 5662 4191

message of hope 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 “... My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” It is God’s divine power that enables us to endure. Seek Him today.

births WYLIE (Hill) - Cameron and Emma are proud to announce the birth of their two beautiful boys, Harrison and Elijah, born 30.6.2013.

in memoriam HANNON - Jack, and HOLT - Gwen. Deep in my heart you will always stay, loved and remembered every day. Till we meet again. Helga and family. HEPPELL - Col. In loving memory of a dear Husband, Father and Pa who passed away 14.7.07. In our thoughts every day. Love Gwen and family.

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deaths ADKINS - Edwin Arthur ‘Ted’. Passed away peacefully at Korumburra Hospital on July 8, 2013 aged 82 years. Late of ‘Grey Acres’ Arawata and Carinya Lodge. Dearly loved husband of Jeanette (dec). Much loved father of Sue, Bruce and Katrina, Julie and friend of Brett. Loving pa of Nicholas and Jordan; Dylan and Cameron; Jack, Blake and Ashlee. Only son of Vic and Addie (both dec). Greatly missed and now with Mum. Ted, You led by example in every facet of your life and we are forever grateful for your love, guidance and support. We love you and miss you but take great consolation in the fact that you are reunited with the love of your life and we would not want you to be anywhere else. Nicholas, Sue and Jordan. Pa, I’m sure I will never forget the tractor rides you took me on and the ute rides around to Arawata. Love you Pa. Dylan. Farm Pa, I will miss seeing you whenever I go out to the farm. Cameron. Dad, thanks for all the help and advice over the years and the chance to help you later on. Grey Acres will seem lonely without you being there. Bruce and Katrina.

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LEGO lovers untie deaths My Dad My Protector My Role Model My Hero. I have missed you today. I will miss you tomorrow. I will miss you always. But you’re at peace now and in nanny’s care where you belong. Julie. xx To my dearest pa, It saddens me greatly that you are gone and we won’t be seeing you anymore. I will miss your amazing smile, your cheeky laugh and your funny pranks. You have been an amazing role model to me and many people. I will never forget the days playing with chooks, rides on the mower and riding horses. These are memories I will treasure forever. Now you can go be with Nanny. I love you. Jack. xx My Pa, I still can’t seem to get through my head that we will no longer be coming for visits. I will miss your quirky personality, always cracking yourself up. I am so glad that I had a man like you as my pa. I was so very lucky to have you in my life for as long as I did. I will miss everything about you. Love your only granddaughter Ashlee. xx Pa, it still doesn’t seem real that you are gone. You were one of the most inspiring men I have ever met. I’m so grateful and lucky that I was able to grow up looking up to you as a role model and have the privilege of calling you my Pa. We shared so many great memories that I will never forget. You were truly one in a million. Love your grandson Blake. xx Ted, although I only knew you for a short time, I thank you for welcoming me and the kids into your life and home. RIP - Brett, Renae, Nick and Lachie. Special thanks to the devoted staff at Carinya Lodge for their patience and care. Our gratitude as well to Dr Peter Lewis and staff at Korumburra Hospital.

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IT was on for young and young at the Leongatha Toyworld LEGO building competition on Thursday.

deaths CLOUGH - Bruce Stanley. 12.7.2013 Loved brother and brotherin-law to Desma and Colin. Loved uncle of Sheryl, Stephen (dec), Sandra and Rhys, and to all his nieces and nephews. Gone to fly his plane in the sky with no more pain and suffering. EAGGER - Mary. Good times remembered. The Bruce Street tennis girls. EAGGER - Mary. A wonderful friend, a great community person. Our thoughts are with her fine family. Jan and Bob Birrell. EAGGER - Mary. With fondest memories of an irreplaceable book group member. Mary was an entertaining storyteller with a lively wit and always an intelligent contributor to our discussions. Farewell Mary. LAWRENCE - Nicole. A wonderful friend sadly missed. Condolences to Jack, Ethan and Jayden. From Brad, Penny, Phoebe, Bethany and Lachlan. WIGHT - Brian. 21 years old. Brian, you left us way too early. We had the privilege to see you grow up into a loving, caring person. We will miss your drop in visits. Love you, Bri, Andrew, Lee, Dillon, Chelsea. WIGHT - Brian Michael. 27.01.1992 - 6.7.2013 Our weekly family dinners meant so much to us all. There is so much to say, but no words can express our feelings of love for you. Nephew of Gavin and Trish. Cousin of Ben and Mike. Friend of Erin and Kate. In our hearts forever.

funerals ADKINS - A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of the late Mr Edwin Arthur (Ted) Adkins will be held at the Uniting Church, Arawata on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 commencing at 1.30pm. A private family interment will precede the above service. No flowers by request please, in lieu donations may be made to Dementia Australia. Envelopes will be available at the service.

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Paul & Margaret Beck proprietors Caring for our Community, personal digniﬁed service to all areas 5662 2717 Pre-need Funeral Plans available Ofﬁce and Chapel: 24 Anderson Street, Leongatha hfs1@vic.australis.com.au MEMBER OF AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

Thousands of pieces of arguably the world’s most popular toy were ready to be combined into all sorts of creations children of all ages were set to build. Imaginations ran wild while the building blocks came to life to create all kinds

Crazy creations: showing off their LEGO models at the Leongatha Toyworld LEGO building competition were Stefan Mizza, Eli Smith and Matthew Sturk.

of characters. Even some parents couldn’t pass up the opportunity to get down on hands and knees and let their creative side out through the blocks. Various winners in the competition took home some great prizes donated by LEGO. Toyworld in Wonthaggi hosted a competition on Friday.

Busy builders: from left, Jack Allen, Caleb Murphy, Luke Murphy, Nicolette Wight, Joshua Wight and Brock Pollard were frantic to find the right brick for their creations on Thursday at the Leongatha Toyworld LEGO building competition.

MICA cover boosted to 24/7 By Jane Ross SOUTH Gippsland will get a second MICA paramedic service, taking provision of that expertise to 24 hour level. Bass MLA Ken Smith told The Star on Thursday evening he had received word from Health Minister David Davis earlier that day about the Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance service. Mr Smith said the service, based at Wonthaggi, would be available to those within a 100km radius, providing reassurance for people with serious issues. “It will be lights and si-

rens for a heart attack,” he explained. The expanded service is due to start any day. He also said the $200 million Wonthaggi Hospital rebuild would go ahead eventually and hopes the just-announced integration of Bass Coast Regional Health and Bass Coast Community Health will help. Mr Smith said a major stumbling block is the ongoing running costs of a sub regional hospital. He stressed he continues to lobby hard for the need for Wonthaggi Hospital to become sub regional. “I’m driving the Premier (Denis Napthine) and David Davis (Health Minister) nuts!” he said.

June was wet IF you thought June was sodden, you’re right. Leongatha recorded 167mm for the month, which is just over last year’s wet tally of 165.9mm. But, as weather recorder Kay Puru noted, “It has been quite nice and sunny for the last half of the month.” In 2011, Leongatha had 86.7mm of rain, the year before it was 101.8mm and in 2009, 36.8mm. The Meeniyan average for June is around 80mm and this year, the total was well over at 143.6mm. Recorder Lindsay Fromhold said last year, the June rainfall was 134mm and the year before, it was 175mm. “June can be a good month for rain,” he said. For the first 11 days of July, the town had 25mm. The rain has helped the area’s storages, with two of them brimming. Little Bass, which supplies Poowong, Loch and Nyora stands at 100 per cent and Fish Creek’s Battery Creek is overflowing.

But he cautioned even a sub regional facility would not be able to cater for every medical need. Mr Smith has also been hounding the Premier and Health Minister about the provision of health services on Phillip Island, and said Mr Davis also told him on Thursday the State Government is guaranteeing a further two years of funding for the island’s medical group to continue an after hours and weekend service. This will cost around $1 million a year. He hopes the island’s medical clinic will expand to be able to cope with day surgery, adding reopening Warley Hospital was not an option.

Inverloch CWA PRESIDENT Dorothy Riddiford opened the meeting with the national anthem and the Collect, and welcomed eight members. We had Angie Maland, the president of the Inverloch Surf Life Saving Club, give great information about surf lifesaving. They have 180 nippers (13-14 years old), 200 active members that go on the beach and patrol, and 657 members. Inverloch CWA gave a donation to Angie of $100 which they will use wisely. We had to bring a homemade bag and six ladies brought an item. Three ladies and one husband are going to Bendigo to see The State Exhibition. Blooms were equal first, Marj White and Pat Griggs, second Lois Pritchard. Door prize was won by Wendy McBurnie. The meeting was closed with the Motto and a lovely afternoon tea.

Special lunch: Leongatha CWA members Joy Hoy, Marilyn Lewis and Lorraine Coleman celebrate the special luncheon.

Leongatha CWA TO recognise the 85th anniversary of the Country Women’s Association of Victoria and the 80th anniversary of the Associated Country Women of the World, Leongatha branch members gathered for a special luncheon tastefully catered for by CEV Old Style Catering recently. Members were pleased to welcome president Marilyn Lewis as she convalesces. As our branch is in its 82nd year, snippets from the first minute book detailing the beginnings of the branch were read. In recognising the 80th year for the Associated Country Women of the World, attendances at world conferences were recalled as we joined in singing The Song of Peace which is always sung in unison at the conclusion of each Triennial World Conference. Recently the branch entered three items for the Group Performing Arts Day. The group will be involved with Group International Day and look forward to a day at San Remo for our next meeting.

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SPORT | GOLF Leongatha Golf ON Saturday a two person Ambrose competition was held with Peter Rayson and Don Poynton, playing off a combined handicap of 7 ¾ , taking out the event with a very good net score of 61 ¼ . Trevor Rickard and Denis McDonald (6) were runners up with net 62 and Ron Findlay and Stu Harry (8 ¾) finished third with a net 64 ¼. Trevor Rickard won the Pro Pin on the 12th and Jeremy Westaway won the NTP on the 16th. Balls DTL were awarded to K. Wardle, J. Fedderson, T. Goldie, J. Westaway, S. De Bondt, B. McCorkell, B. Attwood, R. Brown, G. Marsham, Rebecca Wilson, B. Hutton, N. Lafferty, D. Malone, Anna De Bondt, and Chris and Marianne Lever. Some 42 players took part in a Stableford competition on Tuesday which was sponsored by Phazer. Neale Gillin (17) took out the A Grade with 36 points and Les Newton (26) won B Grade with 38 points.

NTP’s were Russell Williams on the 14th and Bruce Hutton on the 16th. DTL Balls went to B. Borg, A. Cairns, B. Hutton, G. Peters, P. Hartigan, P. Horman, J. Arnott, D. Clemann, C. Leaver and J. Smith. The usual Thursday competition was held on Wednesday this week due to a course assessment being done on the Thursday. Doug Clemann (9) won the day with 35 points with Peter Waters (17) runner up with 33 points on a count back from John Eabry. Kevin Castwood was NTP on the 14th and Joe Lowell was closest on the 16th. DTL Balls went to J. Eabry, K. Castwood, M. Stubbs, F. Smedley, D. Forbes, H. Sedelies, J. Lowell and P. Horman. The course is in remarkable condition for this time of the year and visitors are most welcome to join in the club competitions or as social players. Simply ring the club to organise a tee time and come along to enjoy one of Victoria’s premier regional golf Courses.

thestar.com.au Woorayl WHO were the winners in our stableford event sponsored by C. and L. Stainless. A Grade went to Brian Hogan with 41 points, Frank Dekker won B Grade with 39 points but Brian Wilson’s 45 points won C Grade and was the best score of the day. Balls went to both Dwyers, N. Lovie, T. Burgess, B. Stubbs, Z. Trease, G. McKinnon, A. Hillis and J. Newton. The nearest the pins were claimed by Brett Stubbs and Dean Dwyer. Dean also eagled the 10th hole. The ball raffle went to W. Turner, possibly a syndicate. Our Thursday competition was won by Alan McEachern with 45 points. He also won the nearest the pin. Balls to Alistair Hillis and Graham Challis. No cooking on Thursday as it’s our meal and raffle night. Next weekend we have our fourball championships, with Graham and Will Kennedy sponsoring Saturday and Panthers Mensland

On the green: Fay Maynard, Melinda Martin and Jo Fennell at the Woorayl Golf Course on Wednesday.

Woorayl ladies THE monthly medal was played on July 3 and the winner was Thel Scoble (24) with 78 net. Thel is also our Silver Spoon winner and will go on to play at Rosanna in October. Balls down the line went to Elsie McBride

and Sue Wakefield and the putting was won by Shirley Thomas with 29 putts. Thanks to LC Excessorise, that sponsored this weeks’ stableford round and well done to the winner, Inge Giliam (33) with 30 points. Runner up was Thel Scoble (24) with

28 points and balls down the line went to Sue Wakefield, Shirley Thomas and Ros Blew. Nearest the pin on the 8th was Jo Fennell, on the 11th was Shirley Thomas and on the 17th was Inge Giliam. Next week we will play American Foursomes.

Wonthaggi ladies golf: winners, from left, B Grade Jacqueline Loughran, A Grade Jan Jeeves, C Grade Anne Poulton.

Wonthaggi ladies WELL practice does wonders for your game as shown by the winner of A Grade and C Grade, a case of déjà vue from last week’s results. Thirty Wonthaggi ladies set out last Wednesday for a stableford round and both Jan Jeeves and Anne Poulton were recovering from their hard fought singles knockout match played on Tuesday which saw Jan victorious on the 15th. Congratulations, it’s a matter of keeping it in the family as Jan’s son Coby

won the men’s equivalent event this year as well so that was a special family achievement. So with a lovely (17) 35 points Jan was the A Grade winner, winning the Pro pin on the 8th and a reduced handicap to 16 for being so clever. Playing in the same group as Jan was B Grade winner Jacqueline Loughran. Still recovering from her birthday celebrations she started her round very smartly but however with (21) 27 points was the best B Grade score. She also won the NTP pen on the second. Anne Poulton obviously knew where the

pin placements were and used it to her advantage to have the best C Grade score (28) 29 points. So the scores are reflecting the tougher winter conditions that we will be playing in for a few weeks to come. Other results, Marg Johnson won the NTP on the 17th and with a birdie on the 13th helped her score as well. BDL J Jeeves 35, M Johnson 33, A Poulton 29. A Walker 28, A Tschiderer 27, J Loughran 27, L Bentick 26, P Hanley 26, I Ruby 26, J Evens 24 on c/b.

Leongatha ladies’ winners: from left, Marianne Leaver B Grade, Fran O’Brien C Grade, Maxine Eabry Mudrunners Plate, Isobel Sutherland Best 9 Holes, and Dot Stubbs A Grade.

Leongatha ladies Wednesday, July 10 SEVENTY players took part in the competition on Wednesday. Thirty nine ladies played in the final round of the Mudrunners Plate and 28 men competed in a stableford event. The men were unable to play in their normal Thursday competisponsoring Sunday’s event.

Korumburra THERE were 38 players for a par (K.B.D.T.) competition on Saturday, July 13 with trophies by Cheryl Routley (D. Routley Memorial). A Grade (10 hcp): D. Austin +2 countback C. Clasby +2, M. Garnham +2, T. Fowles sq, S. Rose -2, T. O’Neill -2, N. Spargo -2. B Grade (15 hcp): I. Cash +4, M. Giles sq, J. Wilson -1, R. Blay -2, A. Worthy -2. Nearest the pin: 1st N. Spargo, 7th T. Herbert, 10th B. Newton, 13th B. Johnson. NAGA: G. Jones -2 countback. Tuesday’s winner was M. Giles 38 pts and Thursday’s winner was R. Spokes 87 pts.

Korumburra ladies LAST Wednesday, 10 pairs played in a 4BBB event, with partners being drawn as people arrived. Although conditions were heavy, the weather was perfect for golf, with all players appreciative of the sunny weather. Barb Walker (17) and Corrie George (24) won the day’s competition with 34 points. Close behind, on a count-back, were runnersup, Moira Rogers (15) and Carie Harding (30). The only person to win a pin placement was Norrie Little on the 1st green. Once again, there were no starters for golf on Saturday. During presentations thanks was extended to the social committee for planning the Christmas in July function, which was thoroughly enjoyed by a large number of people. Next week is a Stableford event with Marg Harper and Dot West rostered to send the field out. Our sincere condolences are extended to Marg and Brian Clasby on the recent and sad bereavement in their family.

Meeniyan SATURDAY was a Singles Stableford event kindly sponsored by member Darryl Gregg. The winner of A Grade, on a count back

tion due to a course rating by Golf Victoria officials. (See men’s report for results) Maxine Eabry managed to hold on to her narrow lead to win with a combined score of 59, two shots in front of her closest rival. The A Grade winner of the days’ event was Dot Stubbs with 28 points.

Marianne Leaver won B Grade with 30 points and Fran O’Brien won C Grade with 34 points. Pat Pease, the sponsor of this annual event, also made a presentation to Isobel Sutherland for the best 9 hole score over the two weeks. Down the line balls were won by Gwen Chapman 29 points, Wendy

Parker 27, Maxine Eabry, Trish Owen, Toni West and Marion Bellingham 26 points, Barb Fleming, Isobel Sutherland and Pam Christensen 25 points and Lesley Renwick 24 points on a count back. Glenyce McRobert was closest to the pin on the 14th and Barb Fleming on the 16th.

was B. Dewar (17) with 35 points. Runner-up was C. Graeme (11) also with 35. B Grade was decided on a count back as well with L. Hemphill (22) on 34 points taking the win from A. McHarg (28) with 34. Balls down the line went to F Peile with 33 and C. Buckland with 32. C. Graeme took out NTP and G Hughes the pro pin. M. Ellicott’s absence means the member’s draw will increase once more. Tuesday’s stableford event was won by W. Bullock (14) with 33 points. Balls went to R. Hannay (32), C. Buckland and F. Stalker (30), and D. Gregg (29). Best 9 went to D. Baggallay, confirming that L. Hemphill is a jolly nice chap. Thursday’s event was won by L. Redpath (23) with 36 points. Balls down the line to F Peile with 34 and C. Stewart with 33. NTP went to F. Peile and best 9 to C. Buckland.

Keep your eyes on the board for preferred lies, they unfortunately are not too far away. Good golfing, and I will see you all this week.

Athol McGrath (19) and new member Jeff White (25) cleaned up with 45 pts. I think Athol was so impressed he’s already signed up Jeff for the next couple of fourballs too. DTL balls, all on 43 points went to Gary Clavarino (15) and Neville Thompson, Robert Fulton (12) and Chris Foulds (24), and Neil Chandler(17) and Steve Reid (10). The NTP’s were Don Cripps, Lloyd McKenzie, Neil Chandler and Gary Clavarino. The encouragement award went to Fred Tyers and Trevor Jones on 34 points. Ladies – Beth Curram (13) had a win with 30 points. The club is introducing some further playing and clubhouse incentives and bonuses for members. As part of this the winner of the monthly medal will have the right to a 50 percent discount on the price of all the clubhouse drinks they order until the next medal day. Keep posted for details of other incentives. At the member’s draw after his misadventure last week Owen Kindellan stayed late this week despite all his mates telling him to go home as lightning doesn’t strike twice – they were right. Christopher Scott was drawn but was not present to collect the $950 available. You need to be in the clubhouse when the draw is made some time between 6.30 – 8 pm to be eligible to win. The draw will be for $1000 this week. Good to see one of our veterans Bill Fuller is still taking a very optimistic approach to life, he has just purchased an expensive pair of new golf shoes. It seems he has now accepted he will have to stick around for a fair bit longer if he wants to see another Magpie flag. Coming Events Thurs. July 18th – Stableford Fri. July 19th - Chicken Run – Holes 10 to 18 Fri July 19th - Members Draw - $1000 - 6.30 to 8.00 pm Sat. June 20th – Stableford, Qual. Re Young Austns. Foundation Trophy – Tues July 23rd Stableford The Happy Hooker

Meeniyan ladies ON Wednesday, July 10 in lovely conditions we played Stableford. The trophy donor was May Callister. The winner of the day for the second time in a row was Heather Poletti with 30 points on a count back from Jan Trease also with 30 points. D.L.B Dot Christie 29 points. Nearest the Pin: 11th hole, Sue Hoskin.

Wonthaggi SATURDAY’s stableford event attracted a good winter field of 83 players. A Grade winner was D. Williams 37 pts, B Grade K. Bayley 40 pts and C Grade P. Foon 38 pts. Balls down the line: R. Walker, I. Murrells, I. Baudonaro 39; K. Jamieson, P. Mitchell-Dawson 37; J. Lanbak, M. Loughran, J. Geyer, P. Hanley 36; S. Tiziani, D. Mackie, K. Loughran 35. Nearest the pin: 2nd K. Jamieson, 8th M. Scott, 13th D. Williams, 17th P. Evans. Eagle: 5th D. Mackie, 11th M. Scott, 17th B. Clark. Happy 18th birthday to Beau Vanagtmaal and we will all see you on Saturday night.

Mirboo North Thursday, July 11

THE day winner of the stableford competition on Thursday was Garry Renwick (18) 41 pts. Down the line: Steve Bickerton 39 pts, Richie Robbins 37, Graham Watson 36. Saturday, July 13

Competition: President’s Trophy Qualifying (stableford). Day winner (B Grade): Russell Pentland (17) 38 pts. A Grade winner was Tom Whitelaw (3) 37 pts. Down the line: Garry Shandley 37 pts, Ian Evison, Richie Robbins, Doug Taylor 36. 2nd shot nearest the pin 1st hole: Joe Taylor. Nearest the pin: 4th Doug Taylor, 6th Richie Robbins, 13th Graham Watson, 16th Ian Evison. President’s trophy first play-off: Tom Whitelaw v Jeff Hughes, Garry Shandley v Nigel Bracecamp, Richie Robbins v Graham Watson, Doug Taylor v Ray Matthews. Ladies’ winner Jess Clark (25) 31 pts.

Foster Golf DESPITE a great week of weather the Foster course is still playing its full distance. On Tuesday, July 9 everyone had a down day and Fred Tyers (12) won with 31 points on a c/back from Athol McGrath (18). Geoff McKenzie was NTP. Thursday’s hot scoring saw John Mathers (16) win with 41 points from unlucky runners up Fred Tyers (12) and Dale Price (20) both on 40 points. The other DTL ball was Neville Thompson (8) on 34 points. NTP was Athol McGrath. On Friday Lloyd McKenzie (7) took the chook with a handy 18 points, just edging Kevin Flett on 17 points. Kevin was very accurate taking both NTP’s. On Saturday we played a 4BBB for trophies from Neil Chandler.

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thestar.com.au On the road: Cyclist Stuart Smith gains a package from a crew member during the Tour of Qinghai Lake this week.

Tarwin lures riders RIDERS travelled from across South Gippsland to take part in the Tarwin Lower Pony Club’s camp last week. Held at the Tarwin Lower Recreation Reserve, the two day camp offered expert tuition in showjumping, dressage and cross country riding. Participants came from as far as Hobart, Phillip Island and Drouin to take advantage of the relatively dry course courtesy of Tarwin’s sandy soil. Zone chief instructor Jenny O’Sullivan

started riding with the club as a five year old, and now teaches horsemanship and citizenship. Internationally qualified judge Bev Shandley of Middle Tarwin took cross country lessons. Sally Francis of Tooradin oversaw showjumping, drawing on her overseas experience, while Michelle Despax of Langwarrin drew on the Alexander technique for maintaining optimum riding position to teach dressage.

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Smith struggling at 4000m CYCLIST Stuart Smith is battling altitude and the elements as he takes on the Tour of Qinghai Lake. The Leongatha 22 year old is taking on the high altitude 14 day tour which extends for 2000kms. After seven stages in as many days racing Smith and his fellow competitors enjoyed a rest day yesterday but will be back on the bike today (Tuesday). After having a few successful stages Smith has started to battle exhaustion and altitude sickness in

recent days. His father and coach Tony Smith told The Star of his son’s troubles. “He had a shocker yesterday,” Mr Smith said regarding his son’s 120th placing for the stage. “It’s been windy and wet but he is still leading his team.” The original lead rider in Smith’s Australian team has been sent home with altitude sickness already. The climb to 4000m was a killer for Stuart according to Mr Smith. “He said he spent most of the first hour of it at threshold,” he said.

“Then spent 160kms dropped out of the bunch in a long day.” Mr Smith said that his son should improve in the next stage. “The riders are coming down in altitude now,” he said. “Tomorrow (Tuesday) will be luxury riding at 1500m. “The team coach was just trying to get them through the first five days but Stuart said it’s really hard to breath at 4100m and he was constantly feeling light headed.” The 14 day tours winds up this Sunday.

Riding pair: Wonthaggi twins Taylah (left) and Maddie Bourke prepare their respective mounts Pheonix and Maverick for skills work.

Splish, splash: Julia Green of Toora on board Running Warrior tackles the water obstacle in the cross country course. Julia is a member of the Corner Inlet Pony Club.

What a laugh: comedian Fiona O’Loughlin (left) had her audience in stitches on Saturday night at the Leongatha Junior Football Club’s fundraiser at Memorial Hall. She is pictured here with hamper winner Kath Materia, LJFC president Darryl McGannon and one of the comedy night’s chief organisers, Tim McGrath.

Skilled riders: fresh after riding the cross country course, were from left, Emma Dutchman, Annie Winchester, Coby Elmore, Alex O’Sullivan, Julia Green, instructor Bev Shandley and Logan West.

Kick cancer with sporting clubs CANCER Council Victoria is urging South Gippsland sporting clubs to join Call To Arms and help the 112 men diagnosed with cancer in South Gippsland every year. Call To Arms is a state-wide campaign, asking sporting teams of all codes and levels to pick a game during their season, wear something yellow, and raise funds and awareness for cancer in men. Events can be held at any time throughout the year, making it is easy for teams to get involved. Cancer Council Victoria spokesperson and ex-Hawthorn Football Club player, Brett O’Farrell said: “The South Gippsland region has some fantastic supporters so we re-

ally encourage their local sporting clubs to register one of their upcoming games to Call To Arms and help raise money for their brothers, sons, dads and mates who are affected by this disease.” What many people don’t know is that around one third of all cancers can be prevented by leading a healthy lifestyle and getting regular check-ups. “With one in two men being diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime, that could be you or your best mate so don’t drop the ball, get involved!” Mr O’Farrell added. Founding partner, Essendon Football Club (Essendon) are leading the Call To Arms charge, dedicating Round 18 on 26 July as “The Clash for Cancer”.

Players from Essendon will wear a special yellow strip on their jumpers in their match against Hawthorn Football Club. Playing sport is not the only way to join the fight. As part of Call To Arms, clubs and individuals are encouraged to “Go Woolly for Winter” by growing their hair over the next few months and holding an end of winter shave. All funds raised will go towards the Call To Arms campaign and help reduce the impact of cancer in men. Last year, 150 Victorian sports clubs raised over $80,000 to support the cause. Register your club now by visiting www.calltoarms.com.au or calling 1300 65 65 85.

Interstate representative: Maddie Hayes of Hobart, Tasmania, is a member of the Tarwin Lower Pony Club while visiting grandparents Tony and Elizabeth Landy of Walkerville. She learnt showjumping on board Sally.

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Inverloch bowls TUESDAY’S carpet bowls attracted 23 players, the numbers swelled by the presence of a group of ladies from the Inverloch View Club. This intrepid party was welcomed by Pat Stoneham. They joined in with the regulars and played surprisingly well after the first few ends, showing how easy it is to get started at this game. Two-game winners with 13 points up were Trish McCorkell, Jill Steer,(both from the View Club) Herb Barclay and Rhonda Davies (S). The winners received a wine glass as a reward for their display of fine bowling. Runners-up: Rose Harper, Mary Butcher, Anne Hardy and Pat Stoneham (S). Everyone enjoyed a lunch consisting of a choice of homemade soups and slices. We hope that we have gained a few converts to the game. The Carpet Bowls Presentation Night will be on Friday, August 23. A playoff of the Men’s Champion vs Ladies Champion will begin the evening that is catered by the Stoneham family. The night will start at 6.30pm for dinner at 7.00pm. Look out for the flyer on the noticeboard. Wednesday’s Social Bowls brought bright winter sunshine attracting 37 players

on the green and play two 12end games. There were three times two games winners. There were two teams with 38 points each so the winner had to be determined by shots up. By only two shots up, the winners for the day were Syd Gostling, Brian Growse, Pat Stoneham and Rick Brevitt (S) beating the team of Gary Scott, Jill Bateman, Keith Cousens and Kieran Gardiner. Raffle winners were Gloria Growse, Shirley Cook, Laurel Lee, Bob Huntley, Rob Howard, Gary Hardy, Bev Kurrle With the weather looking ominous, Saturday Social Bowls became a roll up event due to limited numbers. The weather did hold out and a good practice match was played. As the winter bowling season is slowly coming to an end, please start updating your calendar with these dates for the new season. Club opening for the new bowling season will be on Saturday, September 7 at 1.00pm. We will host the Battle of Hastings on Saturday, September 14. Please watch the noticeboard for further information.

Buffalo indoor bowls Wednesday, July 10

Social winners: Wednesday social bowls winning team of, from left, Brian Growse, Rick Brevitt, Rob Howard (match committee), Pat Stoneham and Syd Gostling.

Mardan indoor bowls

South Gippsland Bridge Meeniyan - Monday evening: 1st Susan Ruffin, Clive Hope. 2nd Frank Arndt, Jean Barbour. 3rd Margaret Munro, Ellie McIntyre. 4th Pat West, Barbara Axten. Tarwin Lower - Tuesday afternoon: 1st Kathryn Smith, Colin Cameron. 2nd Frank Arndt, Clive Hope. 3rd Althea Drew, John Sullivan. 4th Jack Kuiper, John Sutton. 5th Margaret Munro, Pat West. 6th Jean Barbour, Neville Chapman. Inverloch - Friday afternoon: North/South: 1st Frank Arndt, Clive Hope. 2nd Ken McKenzie, Marie Sands. 3rd Jack Kuiper, Jean Barbour. East/West: 1st Phillip and Neville Chapman. 2nd Hannah Martin, Margaret Munro. 3rd Kaye Douglas, John Sutton.

TIDES Here is an easy guide to tides in your area. To determine tides for a particular area, add or subtract periods of times as shown below. Earlier Minutes Apollo Bay ...........................25 King Island (Grassy) ...........10 King Island (Surprise Bay)....40 King Island (Franklin) ...........40 Lakes Entrance .................... 170 Lorne ...................................... 20 Mallacoota Inlet.................... 158 Rip Bank ................................ 15 Snowy River Entrance ......... 170 _______________________ Cape Schanck, Flinders, Mornington Ocean Beaches, Seal Rocks, Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Woolamai ....... nil _________________________ Later Minutes Altona ................................... 195 Barwon Heads Bridge ........... 15 Carrum ................................. 195 Corinella ................................. 68 Cowes Pier............................. 50 Dromana .............................. 195 Frankston ............................. 195 Geelong ............................... 210 Hastings ................................. 66 Hovell Pile ............................ 195 Inverloch Pier ......................... 15 Melbourne ............................ 200 Mornington ........................... 195 Newhaven Jetty ..................... 30 No. 1 West Channel (Annulus)........................... 50 No. 2 South Channel Light .... 70 No. 8 South Channel Light .. 150 Port Albert Pier ...................... 90 Portarlington Pier ................. 190 Portsea Pier ........................... 80 Port Welshpool (Rabbit Island .................... 10 Queenscliffe Pier ................... 30 Rhyll ....................................... 60 Rosebud............................... 195 Rye Pier ............................... 170 St. Leonards Pier ................. 190 Sandringham ....................... 195 Sorrento Pier........................ 130 Stony Point ............................. 40 South Channel Pile Light ..... 190 Swan Island Dock ................ 120 Tooradin ............................... 105 Warneet.................................. 84 Williamstown ........................ 200 Welshpool Pier....................... 90

At Port Phillip Heads

JULY Time

17 WED

18 THUR

19 FRI

20 SAT

21 SUN

22 MON

23 TUE

height (metres)

0540 1108 1744 2340

1.45 0.65 1.55 0.42

0633 1152 1824

1.44 0.72 1.50

0023 0734 1242 1912

0.39 1.43 0.79 1.46

0114 0842 1338 2009

0.37 1.44 0.85 1.43

0214 0953 1446 2116

0.36 1.47 0.89 1.41

0325 1101 1604 2235

0.34 1.52 0.87 1.42

0440 1205 1720 2350

0.31 1.58 0.79 1.46

All times shown in 24 hour clock 0001 - 1200..................AM 1201 - 2400..................PM

SCHOOL holidays saw Angus Benson and his mate Max Sutton join us this week for Max’s first game of indoor bowls, and both bowled extremely well. Four teams were selected for two games of 12 ends using six bowls. On mat one Toni, Ian and Angus against Rod, Dudley and Bill, a very even contest finishing up that way, 11 shots each. On mat two Andrew, Carolyn and Max, a win over Graeme and Kevin 10-7. The next game saw Toni versus Andrew and therefore Angus versus Max, and Ian versus Carolyn. Another close tussle, with the boys enjoying their battle and another draw, 13 shots each. Rod’s team a runaway victory over Graeme and Kevin 22-4. Winners for the night were Rod McConchie (s), Dudley Harrison and Bill Wolswinkel - Bill leading well, good practice for the association singles, (DW) 14 ends (+18) from Andrew Hanks (s), Carolyn Benson and Max Sutton (WD) 13 ends (+3). Next was Toni Heldens (s), Ian and Angus Benson (DD) 13 ends (even) from Graeme Tobias (s) and Kevin Robinson (LL) eight ends (-21). Best wishes to Toni and Bill representing the club at association singles championship on Tuesday, and also to Toni, Ian, Carolyn and Andrew at A to Z Kitchen’s Sponsorship Day on Sunday (last Sunday). Social bowls at Buffalo, Wednesdays at 7.30pm, all welcome.

Carpet bowls winners: Trish McCorkell, Herb Barclay and Rhonda Davies proudly display their prizes for winning carpet bowls. Absent Jill Steer.

Tarwin Lower bowls THE winter dinner on July 13 saw a good roll up of members and friends. Everyone enjoyed an excellent hearty meal, also a raffle with prizes going to Ruth Blond a voucher from Cape Liptrap Creations, Glass Bowl to Shirley Poulton and wine prizes to Garry Russell and Geoff Meredith.

Winter pairs continue August 6 and 20, and social bowls to be held on July 24 and 31, and August 14 and 28, social bowls is open to all, particularly new or barefoot bowlers it starts at 11am with a barbeque, so come along and have a roll with a great bunch of bowlers.

BACK to normal this week as we continue with the social calendar. Only 16 members came along this week, since we lost three to the great outdoors and overseas travel. Hope they all have a great time and return refreshed. So with four equal teams of four and two games of ten ends it was still a healthy night of competition. Plenty of exciting shots and some very hard fought battles to hold shot, with tit for tat exchanges happening around the mats during the evening. No one team was able to get two wins under their belts and so with one win each it came down to only three ends separating all four teams. Two teams had a win and nine ends, which put them out of the running and the other two were the eventual victors and runners up with the results as follows. Runners up with a win and 11 ends were: Coral Gray, Theresa Bateman, Jeanette Grady and Cliff Smith (skip) Winners with a win and 12 ends were: Jeannie Baker, Bev Greenwood, Ray Saunders and Vito Serafino (skip) Next Tuesday sees the association singles final and we wish Jeanette and Vito all the best of luck on the night.

It’s all happening at Wonthaggi Table Tennis IT has been a big month for Wonthaggi Table Tennis Association: Victorian Country Championships, finals in B Grade, semi finals in A Reserve, A, A Reserve and B Grade championships, and Vic Talent grants ($500 each) to the junior coach, Bruce Harmer and Gippsland Academy of Sport participant, Heitor Hilberto.

Wonthaggi’s E6 team of Nancy Pattinson, Caitlyn and Jo Taylor brought home the Peter Mascall Shield from the Country Week Championships after rolling through undefeated over the three days. They were one of only three ‘all girl’ teams out of 103 from around Victoria, so the victory was quite special. Nancy also won leading player for the section after winning 100 per cent of her games.

The team defeated Ballarat, Geelong, Melton and Leongatha. Wonthaggi’s top team, Bruce Harmer, Dirk Holwerda and Zach Anstey were entered in the high performing B2 section. They went down to Geelong on the first day, defeated Albury, lost to Ballarat and Shepparton, and defeated Sunbury. Many of their games were thrillers and they definitely held their own.

Winners: From left, Caitlyn Taylor, Jo Taylor and Nancy Pattinson, winners of the E6 Shield (undefeated) for Country Week table tennis. Nancy also won leading E6 player.

The D2 team, Dean Snelling, Luke Anstey, Sebastian Vethanayagam won matches against Ballarat and Melton, and went down to Albury, Geelong and Sunraysia. Once again many of the games were close. Dean came in second leading player in the section. Well done Dean, against stiff opposition. The D4 team, Brittney Taylor, Steve Anstey, Heitor Hilberto found themselves facing off to very experienced players, especially the Geelong team who breezed through their matches undefeated. However the Wonthaggi players still managed to pull off some great individual wins in close matches. Wonthaggi junior coach, Bruce Harmer has received a grant of $500 through the government VicTalent Grants Scheme. Bruce spends many hours coaching up and coming junior players at Wonthaggi Table Tennis Centre. His work is voluntary and greatly appreciated. Bruce travels to tournaments around the state to encourage and support the more advanced players who compete in junior championships at different venues in Victoria. Gippsland Academy of Sport participant, Heitor Hilberto has also been awarded a $500 VicTalent grant for his commitment to the program. Heitor is coached at the academy by top Australian coach, Alois Rosario. He plays in Wonthaggi and Leongatha

and is also coached locally by Bruce. The Open singles was won by Nancy Pattinson, with Sean Michael runner-up. The handicap event (combined with B Grade) was won by Sean, and Beau Allamby as runner-up. The Jumbo Ball event (combined A Reserve / B Grade) ended with two B Grade junior players competing in the final play off. Although this is a popular novelty event, it does require particular skill to keep the heavy ball moving on the table. Ben Kent won the event against Rory Gow. The B Grade singles event was very keenly contested, with second seeded Daniel Park going down to Leigh Allamby in a very close game. Top seeded McKenzie Gardner defeated Matthew Kent in her semi final and then went on to win against Leigh in the final. The A Reserve grand final and A Grade semis and grand final will be completed after the school holidays. The B Grade final was completed last week. A Grade championship results next week. New players in all grades will be welcomed after the school holidays, with practice nights on Mondays and Thursdays for the first few weeks. There is still space for more juniors at coaching and B Grade on Thursdays at the Table Tennis Centre from 6pm. Ring Bruce on 5672 2130 or Nancy on 5674 4628 for more information.

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SOCCER | SPORT

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Stony auction success THE Daker’s Centre, Leongatha was alive with activity with the running of Stony Creek Football/Netball Club’s auction on Saturday night.

Leongatha Knights show improvement THE Knights travelled to Drouin on Sunday to face the red-hot Dragons.

Lucky key: claiming the $3,000 lucky key prize were John Fiddalaers and Dennis Enter being presented with the cash by auction organiser Steve Martin (left).

Knight’s Women back in winning form LEONGATHA travelled to Drouin with only 11 players and faced a full strength Drouin side. The first half started well for Leongatha with the girls putting some great passing moves together.

Stalwarts: club faithful Rob Browne and John Schelling (also AFL president) always support club events.

Trial leads to donation MEMBERS of the Leongatha Apex Club attended the Leongatha Small Bore and Air Rifle Club for an evening of competition amongst themselves recently. The rifle club has often hosted local groups who would like to give target shooting a go. At present the rifle club can only offer shooting in the prone position – lying down and air rifle, standing. On Friday two members from the Leongatha Apex Club returned to the rifle club and presented the clubs treasurer with a

cheque to go towards improving the clubs facilities. It is proposed to use the funds to upgrade equipment which will enable future groups to shoot benchrest. Benchrest involves sitting behind a table and shooting from a rest on the table using a rifle fitted with a telescopic sight. This position is a lot more user friendly and very popular with members of Target Rifle Victoria. Leongatha Small Bore and Air Rifle Club is extremely grateful to the Apex Club for their donation and the opportunity to improve facilities at the club. The club is open each Friday night at 8pm adjacent to the velodrome.

Thanks: from left, receiving the donation was Jack Sargant (Rifle Club Member) from Alex Spencer (President of Leongatha Apex Club), Jason Anderson (Apex Club Member), Bill Ross (Rifle Club Member) and Robert Spratt (Rifle Club Treasurer).

• Under 16 Knights

Drouin too strong LEONGATHA started strongly, playing the ball on Drouin’s half for the first 10 minutes. Drouin played themselves back into the match to score two quick goals. Leongatha tightened up its defence and looked to move the ball wide in Drouin’s half. Leongatha’s goalkeeper Andy McKinnon pushed the ball wide midway in the first half to find Leongatha’s winger in space, who neatly played the ball back into the middle. Leongatha’s midfielder sliced open Drouin’s defence, setting up a timed run onto the ball from Knights’ captain Elijah Tracanelli. This left him with a one on one with Drouin’s keeper who was left to scoop the ball out from

Hoping to avoid a repeat of the trouncing they suffered at home in Round 2, the Knights always faced a tough challenge with five senior regulars missing either through injury or suspension. Five under-aged players filled the gaps as the Knights looked to upset a Dragons team currently strolling towards the finals. The first half began promisingly for the Knights. With plenty of space on the park thanks to the width of the Drouin pitch, the game began with a fairly controlled tempo. For the first 10 to 15 minutes, play was cagey, with much of the game taking place in the middle of the park. Stu McNaughton, Darcy O’Connor and Timmy Barker were winning a lot of the ball but were finding it difficult to make it through to Jason Lee and young Tommy Rykes up front. As the half wore on, the Knights found it increasingly difficult to deal Drouin’s incisive forward runs and balls in behind. An opening home goal duly arrived when a ball into the box wasn’t cleared and Drouin made the most of the scraps, bundling home past an exposed Basile Gachon in goal. That seemed to reignite Drouin’s

confidence and they added two more before the break for a 3-0 half-time lead. The Knights came out stronger in the second, and much of the period was played in Drouin’s defensive end. The Leongatha midfield was starting to pose a real threat and with Foday Camara and Jason Lee looking increasingly dangerous around the box, the Knights looked likeliest to score. However, as the half wore on Drouin hit on the counter to exploit the offside trap and added another. A string of marvellous saves from Serafino’s Pizza’s Man of the Match Basile Gachon kept the score lower than it might have been, but Drouin duly added a fifth to finish 5-0 winners. The Knights, however, should take a lot of credit for a great team performance against a superb Drouin football side. It’s not often that a 5-0 loss is a sign of improvement, but the Knights will be content themselves with themselves after a creditable display that should bode well as they head into the final round of fixtures against lower-ranked opposition. A visit to the finals might seem unlikely, but the Knights will feel they’re in with a chance if they can play like this in the run-out.

the back of his net. Late in the second half Leongatha attacked hard and was awarded a penalty when captain Elijah Tracanelli was brought down inside the 18 yard box. The penalty was well saved by Drouin’s keeper, only to find the foot of Leongatha’s Dylan Van Puyenbrock who buried it deep into Drouin’s goal. Half time scores: 2.2. Second half Drouin scored early despite several shots on Drouin’s goal. Leongatha was unable to reply. A great game played by both teams. Final score: 3.2 to Drouin. Leongatha player of the day Dylan Van Puyenbrock.

Mimmie and Neesa in the centre mid field positions took control of the game from the kick off and were making some good runs and putting some good balls through to Rachel and Tamara up front. The ‘Gatha strikers have had a few good shots on goal, but were unable to score until the 20 minute mark, when Neesa took on the defence steeping around them then putting the ball into the back of the net. Drouin pressed forward trying to equalise and there was a good shot going into the top corner but Amber jumped well pulling in a good save. Leongatha kept attacking until the end of the half, but were unable to score again.

Leongatha started the second half as well as they finished the first half, with wingers Helena and Tammy running nonstop all game. Jess in the back line even came into the midfield to press forward but no matter how many shots Leongatha got off, the Drouin defence and keeper were able to stop everything thrown at them. Drouin was using their four subs well, keeping their players fresh and you could see the ‘Gatha girls starting to tire, with their shots on goals getting softer. Drouin tried to take advantage of the tiring ‘Gatha side, with a few long balls and fast breaks but the back line of Kim, Pauline and Jess led by Cassie held firm and stopped all attacking moves. The ’Gatha was attacking right to the end of the game trying for another goal, but with 30 seconds to go Drouin had a fast break that saw their striker go one on one with the ‘Gatha keeper, but Amber pulled off a game winning save in the dying seconds, keeping a clean sheet and giving ‘Gatha a 1-0 win. It was a fantastic game and 100 per cent effort was provided by all players who never stopped running for the whole game.

• South Coast Stars Seniors v Morwell

Returning Stars shoot South Coast to victory AFTER two disappointing losses the South Coast Stars made the trek to Morwell with their place in the top four on the line. Morwell has had an inconsistent year but are always a tough nut to crack at home and the Stars were pleased to welcome back several key players to the team to bolster the ranks. South Coast started brightly making good use of the bigger pitch and managing to control possession in manner that had eluded them last week. Coach Pat Gilbert had made some big changes in the forward structure and they were paying dividends; Tim Gilbert was playing the centre forward role perfectly, holding up the ball and bringing other players in to the game. Meanwhile, over on the right , the returning Barry O’Farrell was making up for his weeks on the injury list cutting inside from the wing with devastating effect; on one such occasion he found a few inches of space and teed himself up for a shot which left the Morwell keeper stranded, 1-0 to the Stars. The game continued in a similar vein with South Coast doing most of the attacking and largely keeping control in the midfield. Morwell had a great chance when a cross found a forward loose but he headed wide and the Stars remained ahead. Shortly afterwards the home side paid the price for their profligacy when O’Farrell repeated his earlier trick sending another thunderbolt into the back of the net, 2-0 and the Stars were looking comfortable. However, it has often been the case this season that South Coast has struggled to see out the full half and this week was no exception. Despite some well timed substitutions bringing fresh legs on board the last ten minutes were awkward for the Inverloch based side. Torn between shutting up shop until half time or pressing forward for the killer blow the Stars did neither and Morwell crept back into the game, fortunately for the Stars the whistle blew before any damage was done and they had a chance to regroup at the break with a 2-0 lead. Morwell came out stronger in the second half and the Stars failed to achieve the dominance they had for most of the first period. It looked like the game would be a far tighter affair in the second half but Pegasus were dealt a blow when a reckless tackle led to a second yellow and they were down to ten men. If the Stars thought this would make things easier they were badly mistaken. Morwell seemed to lift and pulled themselves back into the game shortly afterwards with a free kick which took a deflection off an unfortunate Star’s backside en route to the back of the net. Morwell subsequently had their most sustained period of pressure but some good defending and a bit of luck held them at bay. Eventually South Coast began to make the extra man advantage pay. Tim Gilbert was still battling away up front and finally received his reward when a lovely through ball from winger Tha Thu found him in space and he calmly slotted the ball home to give his side some valuable breathing space. This goal seemed to take the sting out of the Morwell attack. Although they dutifully pressed on it was difficult to see where the two goals that would salvage a draw would come from. There was still time for a couple of nervous moments for both defences but in the end South Coast ran out 3-1 winners. A great win that keeps the South Coasters season alive.

• Under 13s

Even match for city and coast JUST one match to report on this week with no matches for the senior men and women with just the under 13’s report filed. Korumburra at home played Prom Coast on a wet Sunday morning. In an exciting match both teams went goal for goal with Prom Coast first to score followed by a nice goal to Zoe Allen from outside the box going over the Prom Coast keeper’s head to see the score locked at 1-1 at half time. Prom Coast attacked early in the second half and scored again, minutes later Harry McNeill scored Korumburra’s second to even the scores up again. Prom Coast again edged in front with its third goal for the day but with only minutes left to play Harry McNeill scored his second for the day the match ending in a 3-all draw. Both sides had played very good football.

JUNIOR LEONGATHA BASKETBALL ASSOC. Where: Address: When: Time: Cost:

SG SPLASH Roughead St, Leongatha Starting July 19 to Aug 30 (7 weeks) 3:45 to 4:45 $75 with Aussie Hoops Pack OR $50 without Pack, Pay on the night payable by week 2.

Basketball Program for children born in year approx 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (Numbers are limited to aid in the quality of our program)

Aussie Hoops is about kids having FUN and experiencing basketball skills REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED Registration forms available from SPLASH

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A slightly lower crowd than last year enjoyed the array of prizes on offer with spirited bidding. The key auction was much anticipated with the winner of one of the ten keys to claim a $3,000. It took the tenth key to unlock the booty with John Fiddalaers and Dennis Enter successful. Patrons enjoyed a fabulous roast courtesy of the Stony Creek Ladies’ committee.

• Senior soccer-Drouin v Leongatha

Contact: Colleen 5662 4801 | 0407 519 131 cherbert@mackillopleongatha catholic.edu.au

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Netball shed honours Harry MAREA Kiekebosch and daughter Debbie were thrilled to attend the opening of the Wonthaggi Power netball club’s new Harry’s Shed in memory of their late husband and father Harry Kiekebosch. A passionate advocate for Victorian netball acting as coach, umpire and state council representative for more than 20 yearsl Harry died tragically in a car accident at Queensland’s Rainbow Beach in 2008. Harry will always be remembered around the courts in South Gippsland

with the Perpetual Harry Kiekebosch Trophy, for games between the Dalyston and Wonthaggi netball clubs, established in his memory. He was an ardent supporter of both clubs and coached there at junior and senior level. The Harry Kiekebosch Memorial Plantation, or Harry’s Patch was established in Wonthaggi and some 1000 trees were planted in his memory. The words on the new memorial plaque on Harry’s Shed respectfully say, “Erected to keep Harry’s girls dry and warm”.

Cover for the girls: Marea Kiekebosch and daughter Debbie under Harry’s Shed in memory of their late husband and father Harry Kiekebosch.

Gippsland netball Results - Round 13 A Grade: Drouin 48 d Maffra 42, Traralgon 56 d Moe 43, Sale 70 d Warragul 27, Leongatha 53 d Wonthaggi 35, Morwell 64 d Bairnsdale 46. B Grade: Maffra 38 d Drouin 37, Moe 46 d Traralgon 45, Sale 51 d Warragul 38, Leongatha 67 d Wonthaggi 31, Morwell 60 d Bairnsdale 39. C Grade: Maffra 30 drew Drouin 30, Traralgon 58 d Moe 14, Sale 30 d Warragul 16, Wonthaggi 25 d Leongatha 23, Morwell 40 d Bairnsdale 34. 17 & Under: Maffra 57 d Drouin 18, Traralgon 46 d Moe 28, Sale 59 d Warragul 14, Wonthaggi 52 d Leongatha 27, Bairnsdale 41 d Morwell 23. 15 & Under: Drouin 34 d Maffra 32, Traralgon 41 d Moe 24, Sale 56 d Warragul 19, Wonthaggi 42 d Leongatha 22, Bairnsdale 56 d Morwell 11. 13 & Under: Maffra 35 d Drouin 20, Traralgon 41 d Moe 11, Sale 57 d Warragul 4, Wonthaggi 36 d Leongatha 17, Bairnsdale 50 d Morwell 8.

Ladders A Grade Sale .............................175.53 Morwell ......................126.10 Leongatha ..................121.78 Drouin ........................129.06 Wonthaggi ....................98.64 Maffra............................97.44 Traralgon .......................92.06 Bairnsdale .....................76.07 Moe ...............................70.82 Warragul ........................53.18 B Grade

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Morwell ......................216.02 Leongatha ..................169.61 Traralgon ...................158.73 Drouin ........................104.63 Maffra ..........................96.86 Sale................................80.58 Moe ...............................81.06 Wonthaggi .....................64.39 Bairnsdale .....................69.31 Warragul ........................55.07 C Grade Morwell ......................161.47 Wonthaggi ..................148.83 Bairnsdale .................. 114.47 Traralgon ...................169.25 Drouin ........................133.53 Leongatha.................... 113.04 Maffra............................87.50 Sale................................78.14 Moe ...............................43.89 Warragul ........................35.85 17 & Under Traralgon ...................205.80 Maffra ........................166.37 Sale .............................174.33 Wonthaggi ..................137.83 Bairnsdale .................. 114.79 Moe .............................108.20 Leongatha......................79.91 Drouin ...........................68.45 Morwell .........................40.53 Warragul ........................37.54 15 & Under Sale .............................221.07 Traralgon ...................199.31 Wonthaggi ..................153.99 Maffra ........................128.92 Bairnsdale .................. 119.75 Drouin ...........................98.45 Moe ...............................80.32 Leongatha......................59.89 Warragul ........................53.04 Morwell .........................29.21 13 & Under Traralgon ...................244.61 Sale .............................240.78 Maffra ........................230.09 Bairnsdale ..................178.60 Drouin ........................124.09 Wonthaggi ...................135.95 Leongatha......................48.42 Warragul ........................24.35 Moe ...............................39.69 Morwell .........................24.90

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• Leongatha Parrots Netball

Derby goes Parrots way A Grade: Leongatha 53 def Wonthaggi 35 Well played game from the word go. The girls came out firing and continued throughout the whole game. Accurate shooting and well out defence all over the court helped to secure a very comfortable win. Well done girls! Awards: Laura Higgins (Excessorise) and Kate Mccarthy (Paradise Pizza). Auction Player: Megan Rosser.

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B Grade: Leongatha 67 def Wonthaggi 31 The girls adjusted to the weather well playing a short, sharp game. Everyone did their job well resulting in an easy win. Awards: Rachel O’loughlin (South Gippsland Therapy) and Zoe Altmann (Skin Therapy). Auction Player: Kate Mccracken.

U15: Wonthaggi 42 def Leongatha 22 Excellent play in the first quarter saw scores close but with light rain falling the ball and court became quite slippery and hard to control and Wonthaggi won comfortably. Awards: Kristy O’Loughlin (Nagel’s Pharmacy) and Chelsea Tuckett (Evan’s Petroleum).

C Grade: Wonthaggi 25 def Leongatha 23 What a week girls! A hard fought game with the lead changing many times. Everyone played their position well with hands over everything. We played well to the conditions but unfortunately could not come away with the win. Awards: Bek Vagg (Evans) and Crista Davies (Henriettas). Auction Player: Crista Da-

U17: Wonthaggi 52 def Leongatha 27 Despite the score there were moments of brilliance demonstrated by the girls throughout the game. A good effort by all girls and a special thanks to the U15 girls who filled in. Keep your heads up girls and you will keep improving. Awards: Jess Clarke (Serafino’s Pizza) and Lisa Clark (Voyage Fitness).

U13: Wonthaggi 36 def Leongatha 17 On a chilly Sunday morning the Under 13’s started quite well. They adjusted to the conditions well and worked hard all over the court. In the last half Wonthaggie got on top and Leongatha was unable to keep the intensity up. Better luck next time. Awards: Charli Fixter (Sportsfirst) and Nikya Wright (RSL).

LDNA umpires July 20 11am: Millie Hannon, Emily Chadwick, Tino Nyamunduri, Kaili Pritchett, Madison Wright, Chelsea Hofman, Elly Egan, Madison Wight, Anita Gourlay, Maria Evison, Julie Grant, Phil Smith. 12 noon: Mellissa Beardsworth, Sophie Clarke, Janice Sing, Gemma Pruin, Janice Hill, Kayla Beardsworth, Amy Smith, Di Brew, Laura Croatto, Nikki Stockdale, Narelle Hanily, Jessica Foreman, Karen Clarke, Pat Kuhne. 1pm: Pat Kuhne, Laura Baudinette, Tracey Miles, Emma Smith, Phil Smith, Anna Patterson, Erin Baudinette, Danielle Jones, Angelique Dunlevie, Janice Sing. 2.15pm: Lori McKenzie, Sue Ritchie, Brittany Tennyenhuis, Jamie Gourlay, Barb Challis, Anita GourNicola Marriott: the Parrot’s wing attack is always a valuable conlay, Robyn Kenny, Julie Grant. Any enquiries phone Julie Grant tributor for her team and Sunday’s match with Wonthaggi was no 0407 076 425. exception.

Good hands: Sarah Marshall gets her hands on the ball while Carly Formosa is too slow to get an interception. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning@www. fourcornersframing.biz

Alberton netball Results - Round 15 July 13 A Grade: InverlochKongwak 54 d Yarram 28, Phillip Island 32 d Stony Creek 26, Dalyston 53 d Foster 32, MDU 89 d Kilcunda-Bass 18, Fish Creek 60 d Toora 22, Tarwin 48 d DWWWW 24. B Grade: Foster 53 d Dalyston 46, DWWWW 58 d Tarwin 37, MDU 85 d Kilcunda-Bass 26, Phillip Island 53 d Stony Creek 31, Fish Creek 80 d Toora 31, Inverloch-Kongwak 71 d Yarram 27. C Grade: Dalyston 40 d Foster 31, Tarwin 41 d DWWWW 25, Stony Creek 35 d Phillip Island 28, Toora 30 d Fish Creek 28, Inverloch-Kongwak 57 d Yarram 11. 17 & Under: Dalyston 41 d Foster 32, Tarwin 41 d DWWWW 32, MDU 38 d Kilcunda-Bass 13, Stony Creek 28 d Phillip Island 18, Fish Creek 38 d Toora 19, Inverloch-Kongwak 56 d Yarram 35. 15 & Under: Dalyston 26 d Foster 19, DWWWW 28 d Tarwin 12, KilcundaBass 33 d MDU 23, Phillip Island 49 d Stony Creek 10, Fish Creek 47 d Toora

4, Yarram 41 d InverlochKongwak 31. 13 & Under: Fish Creek 43 d Toora 6, Dalyston 19 d Foster 10, DWWWW 22 d Tarwin 10, MDU 32 d KilcundaBass 9, Phillip Island 49 d Stony Creek 11, InverlochKongwak 45 d Yarram 5.

Ladders A Grade Dalyston .....................260.98 Kor-Bena ....................315.52 Fish Creek ..................209.95 Phillip Island..............154.19 Inv-Kongwak ............. 114.11 Foster..........................135.48 Stony Creek.................133.70 MDU ...........................102.50 Yarram ...........................67.54 Tarwin ...........................61.30 Toora .............................47.60 DWWWW.....................38.65 Kil-Bass.........................22.39 B Grade Kor-Bena ....................199.71 Foster..........................191.35 Dalyston .....................158.99 Phillip Island..............142.45 DWWWW..................139.09 Fish Creek ..................127.59 MDU ........................... 115.96 Tarwin .........................102.50 Stony Creek...................81.22 Inv-Kongwak ................64.32 Yarram ...........................52.97 Toora .............................43.94 Kil-Bass.........................36.47 C Grade Kor-Bena ....................252.25 Dalyston .....................149.55 Inv-Kongwak .............149.28 Stony Creek ...............134.89 Phillip Island..............128.79 Toora ............................95.90

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Fish Creek ................... 120.11 Tarwin .........................104.20 Foster.............................78.48 MDU .............................69.65 DWWWW.....................58.50 Yarram ...........................34.76 Kil-Bass.........................27.76 17 & Under Dalyston .....................168.22 Stony Creek ...............191.07 Inv-Kongwak .............138.26 Kor-Bena .................... 155.11 Fish Creek ..................150.31 Foster.......................... 110.61 Tarwin .........................105.30 Phillip Island .................91.82 DWWWW.....................86.57 MDU .............................66.07 Yarram ........................... 63.11 Toora .............................44.65 Kil-Bass.........................38.13 15 & Under Fish Creek ..................226.16 Phillip Island..............209.13 Kor-Bena ....................192.59 Yarram .......................190.35 Dalyston .....................139.92 Inv-Kongwak .............159.50 Kil-Bass.......................147.45 Foster........................... 114.08 MDU ...........................108.05 Stony Creek...................32.76 Toora .............................26.52 DWWWW.....................25.05 Tarwin ...........................19.21 13 & Under Dalyston .....................332.00 Inv-Kongwak .............308.72 Kor-Bena ....................298.20 MDU ...........................238.41 Phillip Island..............236.81 Fish Creek ..................212.66 Foster...........................209.86 DWWWW.....................59.72 Yarram ...........................53.13 Kil-Bass.........................31.29 Toora .............................25.47 Tarwin ...........................27.02 Stony Creek...................19.55

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Dogs silence Stony Creek PHILLIP Island was back on the winners list with a 41 point win over Stony Creek at Cowes. SENIORS LADDER W L D

Kil-Bass ..... 12 2 0 Dalyston ..... 12 1 0 Phillip Is..... 11 2 1 Kor-Bena .... 10 3 0 Yarram ....... 9 3 1 Fish Creek... 9 5 0 Inv-K’wak ......6 8 0 Tarwin ...........6 7 0 Stony Creek...4 9 0 Foster ............4 9 0 MDU..............2 11 0 Toora Dist.....1 12 0 DWWWW ......0 14 0

Pts

223.33 208.66 172.30 169.34 159.82 135.95 105.15 64.50 101.79 74.18 55.45 36.28 24.76

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GOALKICKERS K. Bergles (Kil-Bass) ........ (10) B. Fisher (Dalyston) ........... (5) J. Wells (Kil-Bass).............. (3) M. Kraska (Dalyston) ......... (5) C. Sutherland (Yarram) ...... (2) B. Lynch (Yarram) .............. (2) M. Cooke (Kor-Bena) ......... (0) M. Price (Phillip Is) ............ (0) A. Harris (MDU) ................. (2) J. Staley (Fish Ck) .............. (4)

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RESERVES LADDER W L D

Phillip Is..... 13 1 0 Kor-Bena .... 12 1 0 Dalyston ..... 12 1 0 Kil-Bass ..... 9 5 0 Tarwin ....... 9 4 0 Fish Creek... 7 7 0 Foster ............7 6 0 MDU..............5 8 0 Stony Creek...5 8 0 Inv-K’wak ......4 10 0 Yarram ..........2 11 0 DWWWW ......2 12 0 Toora Dist......0 13 0

Pts

383.94 569.92 526.96 197.10 182.79 83.24 74.88 88.61 59.25 70.19 29.66 29.46 13.11

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GOALKICKERS J. Fowles (Kor-Bena) .......... (0) K. Taylor (Phillip Is)............ (4) R. Birnie (Dalyston)............ (4) D. Pruysers (Dalyston) ....... (0) M. Dickason (Kil-Bass) ...... (0) J. Kyle (Kor-Bena) .............. (0) J. Parsons (Kil-Bass) ......... (1) N. Osler (Kil-Bass) ............. (0) S. Ambler (Phillip Is).......... (0) S. McIntyre (Phillip Is) ....... (3) L. Wilkinson (Dalyston)...... (1)

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Dalyston ..... 13 0 0 Kil-Bass ..... 12 2 0 Kor-Bena .... 10 3 0 Fish Creek... 10 4 0 MDU.......... 9 4 0 Phillip Is..... 7 6 0 Foster ............5 6 1 Yarram ..........5 7 0 Toora & Dist... 4 8 1 Inv-K’wak ......4 10 0 Tarwin ...........4 9 0 DWWWW ......1 12 0 Stony Creek...0 13 0

Pts

460.00 287.77 294.43 249.48 242.08 144.86 102.50 39.31 66.91 58.37 54.46 10.84 20.26

52 48 40 40 36 32 26 20 18 16 16 4 0

GOALKICKERS J. McMillan (MDU) ............. (5) T. Hamilton (Dalyston) ....... (3) J. Buckland (Fish Ck) ......... (0) J. Andersen (Kil-Bass) ....... (0) B. Doran (Toora & Dist) ..... (3) B. Jones (Kil-Bass) ............ (0) Z. Walker (Kor-Bena).......... (0) J. McDonald (Yarram) ........ (1) A. Edwards (Phillip Is) ....... (5) R. McGannon (Fish Ck) ...... (6)

64 49 38 35 33 30 28 25 25 22

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It wasn’t the ideal start for the Island with Stony Creek goaling first, but the Island hit back after seven minutes through Cal McConnon and this was closely followed by Mitch Price a couple of minutes later, a great way to start his 50th senior game. The Island was well and truly on top of things after it kicked three in three minutes late in the quarter. The first came through Shane Murdoch then Cal McConnon and finally Scott Riordan. Stony hit back straight away with a goal of itsown and the Island went into the first break with a 19 point lead. Stony came out firing after the quarter time break and was starting to look like it was getting on top of the Island. Stony added two goals early to bring it within a kick of the Island. Riordan kicked his second goal to steady the ship for the Island but Stony hit back a minute later with another goal, Tom Cole snapped truly to send the Island back two goals clear but again straight away Stony drew closer with another goal of its own. James Taylor banged home his first of the afternoon at the 25 minute mark to send the Island into the long break with just a 13 point lead. With a couple of rockets fired at the half time break the Island needed to start hurting its opponents on the scoreboard , but it was Stony that was causing the scoreboard pain as it goaled after three minutes to draw closer. Stony narrowed the margin to just two points at

the 10 minute mark of the quarter after another goal. The Island now needed it senior players to stand up and it was again James Taylor and Jamie Youle. They managed to slow the game down and start to get the Island back on top. The Island was now starting to attack the goals but just couldn’t get it through the middle, kicking several points until Taylor goaled for the Island late in the quarter to give it a narrow 11 point buffer at the three quarter time break. Something had to give and luckily it started to go the Island’s way. Damian Hinkley got the scoring underway in the last quarter for the Island after four minutes and this opened the flood gates. Wade McConnon got into the action and this was followed up by Murdoch and then Wade McConnon again and within a blink of an eye the Island had stretched its lead to 36 points and the game seemed to be done. Riordan and Murdoch finished off for the Island as it ran away with a 41 point victory.

Thanks mate: Eli Taylor goes for a mark over teammate Ryan McKnight. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning@www.fourcornersframing.biz

SENIORS Phillip Island 15.9.99 Stony Creek 9.4.58

THIRDS Phillip Island 16.13.109 Stony Creek 2.4.16

Phillip Island Goals: not submitted Stony Creek Goals: B. Byrnes 4, J. Byrnes 2, R. Harmes 1, K. Van Der Pluym 1, D. Zuidema 1 Phillip Island Best: not submitted Stony Creek Best: R. Eddy, J. Hughes, L. Bowman, S. Marriott, K. Van Der Pluym, E. Taylor

Leading Goalkickers: J. Sanna 5, A. Edwards 5 (P) Phillip Island Best: J. Taylor, A. Cook, B. Redmond, J. Sanna, B. Johnston, A. Edwards Stony Creek Best: L. Harrington, D. Enter, T. Jones, J. Zuidema, J. Brydon, H. Stuart

RESERVES Phillip Island 19.17.131 Stony Creek 4.3.27

FOURTHS Phillip Island 14.14.98 Stony Creek 0.3.3

Leading Goalkicker: K. Taylor 4 (P) Phillip Island Best: A. Tolley, J. Turner, D. Kirby, B. Hamilton, T. Cleeland, L. Woolford Stony Creek Best: D. Potter, R. Phelan, J. Stuart, M. Dyer, T. Zukovskis, C. Amor

Leading Goalkicker: J. Black 6 (P) Phillip Island Best: M. Coghlan, A. Duyker, J. Spiller, J. Babare, J. McFee, B. Anderson Stony Creek Best: J. Tiziani, B. Thomson, J. Miller, B. Bacon, J. Davey, B. Martin

YARRAM members have voted overwhelmingly to proceed with a move to the North Gippsland Football Netball League. According to Yarram Club president Gerald Finn, 91 members voted, with 87 per cent voting in favour of the move, 11 per cent against with two per cent invalid. “It was an overwhelming vote in favour of going,” he said. After the vote, Gerald contacted the Alberton league president, John Schelling to inform him of the verdict. “John’s reaction was one of disappointment but understanding,” he said. Just last week both Yarram and Allies had sat down with representatives from the Alberton League Board in a bid to work out a way forward for their juniors. “This meeting was very short as Allies felt they had good numbers at the junior level heading into next season,” Gerald said. The club will now make contact with North Gippsland Football Netball League Board that will arrange a special meeting of its 10 clubs. This time Yarram will put its case forward as to why it should accept Yarram. Seven out of 10 clubs need to vote in favour of Yarram to be accepted. If accepted by NGFNL it then goes to AFL Vic Country for its approval also.

UNDER 13 LADDER W L D

Pts

433.54 195.96 299.10 245.49 64.29 36.07 14.98 47.28

44 40 36 28 20 12 8 4

GOALKICKERS K. Reid (Inv-K’wak) ............ (1) M. Dyball (Won Power) ...... (0) B. Thorson (Foster) ............ (1) L. Gheller (Dalyston) .......... (0) T. Scarce (Won Power) ...... (0) J. Stockdale (Leon Jnr) ...... (0) H. Hilberto (Dalyston) ........ (0) B. Veenendaal (Dalyston) ... (0) Z. Crow (Kil-Bass) .............. (0) S. Flanders (Foster)............ (0)

29 25 20 20 19 17 14 13 13 12

Won Power .. 11 1 0 Inv-K’wak.... 10 2 0 Corner Inlet . 9 3 0 Dalyston ..... 7 5 0 L’gatha Jnr .. 5 7 0 Phillip Is..... 3 9 0 Kor-Bena .......2 10 0 Kil-Bass.........1 11 0

Pts

Kor-Bena .... 13 0 0 1320.22 Inv-K’wak.... 12 2 0 748.33 Dalyston ..... 10 2 0 565.71 Phillip Is..... 11 3 0 396.18 Fish Creek... 9 5 0 143.75 Yarram ....... 7 6 0 113.44 MDU..............7 6 0 97.94 Stony Creek...5 8 0 45.94 Kil-Bass.........4 10 0 62.14 Foster ............4 9 0 37.08 Tarwin ...........2 11 0 28.15 DWWWW ......2 12 0 18.11 Toora & Dist... 0 12 0 3.23

52 48 44 44 36 28 28 20 16 16 8 8 0

GOALKICKERS J. Black (Phillip Is) ............. (6) X. Hughes (Inv-K’wak) ....... (3) D. Crook (Kor-Bena)........... (0) M. Marotta (Dalyston) ........ (2) B. Rogers (Fish Ck) ............ (3) C. Mckenzie (Inv-K)............ (4) O. Toussaint (Inv-K’wak) .... (1) D. Brosnan (Dalyston)........ (3) H. Suckling (Kor-Bena) ...... (0) A. Toussaint (Inv-K’wak) .... (2) L. Bentley (Yarram) ............ (0)

81 50 45 32 31 30 30 28 23 23 23

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Pts

487.22 463.89 339.13 242.39 31.13 19.90 25.49 13.61

44 44 36 32 16 12 8 0

GOALKICKERS Z. Reid (Inv-K’wak) ............ (2) N. Anderson (Won Pwr) ..... (0) K. Dorling (Foster) ............. (2) P. Ryan (Phillip Is).............. (1) B. Wingfield (Won Pwr) ..... (1) K. Robinson (Phillip Is) ...... (1) L. Dayson (Phillip Is) ......... (2) N. Buckland (Foster) .......... (1) O. Marks (Phillip Is) ........... (0) T. Brosnan (Won Pwr)........ (0) M. McCaughan (Inv-K’wak) (2) T. Nash (Inv-K’wak) ............ (0) J. Lawson (Inv-K’wak) ....... (0)

29 22 17 13 13 12 12 11 11 9 9 9 9

Phillip Is..... 11 1 0 Inv-K’wak.... 11 1 0 Corner Inlet . 9 3 0 Won Power .. 8 4 0 Kor-Bena .... 4 8 0 Dalyston ..... 3 9 0 L’gatha Jnr ....2 10 0 Kil-Bass.........0 12 0

Yarram move passes player vote

Tarwin trample Allies THE Allies and Tarwin faced off for the second time in just five weeks and the Allies side saw this return encounter as a chance to break its losing streak. Conditions at Alberton West were excellent as Shawn Becker led his team onto the arena for his 100th game with the club. Members and supporters from both clubs applauded as he ran through a specially made banner depicting his amazing journey back from serious injury. Tarwin was first to score with two goals in quick succession. Gerald Riley, recalled to the senior side, was magnificent in the opening minutes. His bore in style enabled the Allies to force the ball towards goals with Vince Pecora slamming through the Allies’ first. Tarwin went forward again through Cameron and Chalmers but excellent defence by Josh Becker and Ben Coffey forced the turnover. A long kick down the

SENIORS Tarwin 12.7.79 DWWWW 7.9.51 Tarwin Goals: B. Chalmers 3, J. Bloom 2, T. Lomax 2, T. Cameron 1, R. Houston 1, M. Young 1, N. Browne 1, L. Thwaites 1 DWWWW Goals: D. Vardy 2, B. O’Loughlin 1, B. Reed 1, B. Coffey 1, J. Pintus 1, V. Pecora 1 Tarwin Best: L. Thwaites, B. Taber, T. Cameron, N. McRae, M. Chalmers, J. O’Sullivan DWWWW Best: B. Coffey, D. Vardy, G. Riley, J. Becker, J. Poland, S. Becker

Up and about: Jack Taylor soars for a grab above Dom Enter on Saturday. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning@www.fourcornersframing.biz

RESERVES Tarwin 13.20.98 DWWWW 1.0.6 Leading Goalkicker: T. Lomax 4 (T) Tarwin Best: B. Launder, S. McRae,

middle allowed Riley, Ben O’Loughlin to find Dan Vardy who made no mistake. At the first change Tarwin led by two goals. An early goal by Ben Coffey saw the difference just one straight kick. As tensions rose a free twenty metres out allowing Thwaites to take the lead back to 12 points. The midfield for both sides worked hard. Ben Vardy, Jon Pintus and Gerald Riley continued push the ball to Allies advantage. Unfortunately for them the forwards were unable to finish off. Tarwin in turn was smart with the ball. Thwaites, Travis Cameron and Brent Taber linked well to deliver the ball to Mitch Young and the lead was increased once more. The third term saw the game turned into a real slog with two goals to the Allies while Tarwin managed four goal. Allies Kurt Henderson, Dan Vardy, Jim Poland and Shawn Becker gained many possessions in the middle giving the home side had a real chance to

D. Leggo, J. Van Dillen, P. Western, V. Van Dillen DWWWW Best: E. Paterson, M. McKeane, T. Hunter, L. Butler, K. Skarratt, B. Wigg

THIRDS Tarwin 15.10.100 DWWWW 2.5.17 Leading Goalkicker: B. Chalmers 4 (T) Tarwin Best: C. Brown, M. Chalmers, J. Bell, N. Lomax, J. Moore, B. Chalmers DWWWW Best: R. Benis, A. Moore, D. Skarratt, S. Mayne, B. Maher, S. Vening

FOURTHS DWWWW 7.7.49 Tarwin 3.1.19 no details submitted

wrest back the lead. A goal to O’Loughlin followed up by Blake Reed was the result of strong work in the packs but goals to Tarwin via Browne and Chalmers kept the lead out to five goals. The last quarter proved to be an ugly affair with packs forming and no team was able to clear the ball. The Allies had several chances to snatch the lead but could only manage one goal four points while keeping the Sharks to just one goal. Both teams showing great desperation for the win. Tarwin managed to hold onto the lead and run out 28 points winners.

FOOTY DRAWS THIS WEEKEND ALBERTON Round 16 - July 20 Stony Creek v Toora I-K v MDU Kor-Bena v Kil-Bass Fish Creek v DWWWW Tarwin v Dalyston Phillip Island - bye Foster - bye Yarram - bye

MID GIPPSLAND Round 15 - July 20 Yallourn-Yall Nth v Trafalgar Thorpdale v Yinnar Boolarra v Mirboo North Yarragon v Newborough Morwell East v Hill End

GIPPSLAND Round 14 - July 20 Traralgon v Bairnsdale Sale v Moe Wonthaggi v Warragul Morwell v Maffra Drouin v Leongatha

ELLINBANK Round 15 - July 20 Bunyip v Poowong Warragul Ind v Longwarry Neerim Nrm Sth v Catani Buln Buln v Garfield Nilma-Drnm v Nar Nar Goon Lang Lang v Koo Wee Rup Nyora v Ellinbank Cora Lynn - bye

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thestar.com.au Got him: MDU’S Paddy Kindellan tries to remove the ball from Kilcunda-Bass’ Ryan Fitzgerald as MDU’s Jason Kennedy (left) and Thomas McDermott look on

Demons taken at home IT was a great run from the opening bounce through to the final siren for the Panther’s when they faced MDU at Meeniyan on Saturday. A six goal, six behind quarter for the visitors had them well in front early on with Evans, Asa Leausa and Attenborough finding their feet quickly. The MDU contingent could not answer in the first only managing one goal of their own to trail by 35 at the first break. Much of the same continued in the second and the third with skilful Kilcunda-Bass players present at every contest and going hard for the ball. Ryan Fitzgerald was

Magpies swoop Foster DALYSTON has continued its stellar run, this time burying a young and underresourced Foster. Led by a best-on-ground performance fom Matthew Schreck, the Magpies were never troubled. In fact, the

Tigers had just one goal to three quarter time, before picking up the pace, and booting seven to three in the last. Of course, by that stage, Foster was 91 points in arrears, it was far too late. Schreck, a hometown hero, has moved his way

Sharp shooter: MDU goal shooter Wendy McEachern prepares to sink another goal against Kilcunda-Bass during their B Grade clash.

up the ranks and is now widely recognised as a very damaging midfielder and half forward flanker. With gun forwards Michael Kraska and former Carlton player Brad Fisher kicking five apiece, the Magpies were a potent force against an opposition that flounder at times. Dalyston was already on the way to a comfortable win by the first break, rushing to a 32 point lead. By half time that was out 66. Matthew Howell was at his damaging best, streaming up and down the wing and kicking to effect. The youngster is another home grown talent, who continues to grow in confidence. Dale Brown, taking up the wing on the other side of the ground, was also a valuable asset. Experienced playing coach Paul Brosnan continues to play with the energy of a teen. It was

the same again on the weekend, with Brosnan doing a sterling job in the Magpies’ engine room. Jackson Brooker played fabulously well, stemming the Foster attack. The talented forward has switched from back to forward and relished the new role.

SENIORS Dalyston 18.10.118 Foster 8.7.55 Dalyston Goals: B. Fisher 5, M. Kraska 5, M. Rosendale 2, M. Schreck 2, P. McKenna 1, R. Jennings 1, J. Ross 1, P. Brosnan 1 Foster Goals: E. Staley 2, J. Toner 2, D. Granger 1, B. Rooney 1, M. Brown 1, L. Galle 1 Dalyston Best: M. Schreck, M. Howell, P. Brosnan, J. Brooker, D. Wylie, D. Brown Foster Best: J. Weston, B. Rooney, B. Coates, L. Galle, B. Angwin, M. Howell

RESERVES Dalyston 19.15.129 Foster 0.3.3 Leading Goalkickers: R. Birnie 4, L. Borne 4 (D) Dalyston Best: T. Davey, S. Kuyper, M. Magill, M. Skinner, K. Thomas, A. Magro Foster Best: B. Mugridge, A. Heal,

He was well supported by halfback flanker Dean Wylie. In the end it was a case of bigger harder bodies prevailing. While Foster can looked forward to rebuilding in the coming years, Dalyston’s window of opportunity is open wide in 2013.

The Demons welcomed Jimmy Parry back after six weeks on the sidelines, along with Jake Anderson after serving a one week suspension. I-K got the upper hand in the first term and was doing well with their kicking game where by they maintained possession of the football. Cross and Somoulis both goaled for the visitors, while Yarram was peppering the goals but couldn’t get one through the big sticks. At quarter time I-K led 2-4 to 0-5.

Yarram coach Griff Underwood urged his team to pick their men up and take the Sea Eagles on. Kicking to the May Pavillion end, Yarram lifted its intensity and goals to Grazotis - who was playing well - Corbin Sutherland (two) and Luke Jenkins after a big mark 40m out. This saw Yarram go in at half time with a two point lead 4-7 to 4-5. Trek Davis, Jack Moore and Keifer Sutherland were doing very well in defence for the Demons while the Underwood brothers and Jesse Field were steady in the mid field. The third quarter saw I-K kicking to the scoring end and they had plenty of chances but only points resulted.

They scored six behinds for the quarter from mostly kickable shots. The Demons meanwhile added three goals,

SENIORS Yarram 10.10.70 Inverloch-Kongwak 5.13.43 Yarram Goals: R. Underwood 2, C. Sutherland 2, B. Lynch 2, J. Field 1, L. Jenkins 1, S. Grazotis 1, G. Underwood 1 Inverloch-Kongwak Goals: B. Soumilas 2, T. Bergmeier 1, R. Tegg 1, A. Cross 1 Yarram Best: G. Underwood, J. Moore, T. Davis, K. Sutherland, R. Underwood, J. Field Inverloch-Kongwak Best: D. Lawton, T. Cannon, C. Terlich, R. Tegg, J. Lurati, B. Withers

RESERVES Inverloch-Kongwak 8.9.57 Yarram 5.4.34 Leading Goalkicker: R. Johnson 3 (I) Inverloch-Kongwak Best: C. Allum, T. Whelan, R. Bertuleit, L. Johnson, J. Masterman-Smith, R. Johnson Yarram Best: M. Clavarino, A.

two via Brent Lynch who was working hard, and one to Ryan Underwood whose experience was valuable for Yarram.

Holt, B. McMahon, B. McLeod, L. Rodaughan, T. Holt

THIRDS Yarram 5.7.37 Inverloch-Kongwak 4.12.36 Leading Goalkicker: J. Burton 3 (I) Yarram Best: J. McDonald, L. Rodaughan, C. Coulthard, T. Holt, W. McDonald, D. Chaiphon Inverloch-Kongwak Best: B. Petersen, J. Burton, D. Drowley, E. Taranto, M. MacKay, S. Hayes

FOURTHS Inverloch-Kongwak 19.5.119 Yarram 0.1.1 Leading Goalkicker: C. Mckenzie 4 (I) Inverloch-Kongwak Best: J. Scott, K. Reid, C. Mckenzie, L. Scott, O. Toussaint, J. Teakle Yarram Best: L. Farley, J. McDonald, W. McDonald, J. Treller, J. Liversidge, L. Treller

SENIORS Kilcunda Bass 24.12.156 M.D.U. 5.7.37 Kilcunda Bass Goals: K. Bergles 10, R. Fitzgerald 6, J. Wells 3, D. Wells 1, T. Smith 1, C. Endres 1, L. ODonoghue 1, R. Gilliatte 1 M.D.U. Goals: A. Harris 2, Y. Zorzos 1, T. Wightman 1, T. Trotman 1 Kilcunda Bass Best: R. Fitzgerald, K. Bergles, C. Endres, J. Attenborough, K. Asa Leausa, J. Evans M.D.U. Best: T. McDermott, C. Ampt, M. Smith, M. Harris, Y. Zorzos, B. Thomas (Jnr)

RESERVES M.D.U. 12.8.80 Kilcunda Bass 8.6.54 Leading Goalkickers: N. Pye 3 (M), B. Jones 3 (K) M.D.U. Best: T. Davison, S. White, N. Pye, D. Campbell, S. Economou, K. Sinclair Kilcunda Bass Best: A. Marks, D.

as his team tired. League leading goal kicker Kael Bergles stacked another 10 to his name for the game as his strong hands and straight boot proved priceless for the Panthers. Kilcunda-Bass ran home with a 119 point win at the final siren. Kilcunda-Bass are set to face some tough competition in the next two weeks taking on Korumburra-Bena and Dalyston consecutively. MDU will be looking for redemption against Inverloch-Kongwak.

Shepherd, B. Jones, L. Smith, T. Christian, J. Born

THIRDS M.D.U. 15.8.98 Kilcunda Bass 3.10.28 Leading Goalkicker: J. McMillan 5 (M) M.D.U. Best: J. Broadway, R. Olden, J. McMillan, R. Carroll, S. Wilson, J. Forrester Kilcunda Bass Best: J. Dakin, C. Smith, H. Bencraft, T. Thatcher, J. Turner, L. May

FOURTHS M.D.U. 8.6.54 Kilcunda Bass 2.3.15 Leading Goalkicker: J. Smith 3 (M) M.D.U. Best: A. Drury, Z. Cox, G. Cole, D. Cole, Z. Barnard, S. Barnard Kilcunda Bass Best: B. Pipicelli, J. Bastwrous, R. Cousins, S. Casey, T. Burgess, Z. Hill

L. Cripps, D. Kemp, S. Dobson, J. Woods

THIRDS Dalyston 13.14.92 Foster 3.1.19 Leading Goalkicker: T. Hamilton 3 (D) Dalyston Best: J. Ray-Angarane, H. Wright, N. Bainbridge, M. McCoy, J. Legione, L. Bowler Foster Best: T. Hamilton, T. Hamilton, M. Jones, R. Campisi, M. Green, L. Coffey

FOURTHS Dalyston 17.8.110 Foster 1.1.7 Leading Goalkicker: L. Marotta 4 (D) Dalyston Best: C. Collins, E. Milkins, M. Crutchfield, C. McCoy, C. Kilgour, L. Marotta Foster Best: E. Smith, B. Smith, X. Duursma, T. VanDyke, B. Green, J. Cripps

Yarram hold off Sea Eagles YARRAM hosted Inverloch -Kongwak on Saturday just five weeks after playing them in June.

setting a fine example of skill all over the ground with everything he touched turning into a golden play for the Panthers. McDermott, Ampt and ruckman Smith were working hard for the Demons but to no avail as their opponents continued to stack on the goals. The lead was pushed out to 12 goals at quarter time and the visitors weren’t ready to slow down. Young gun Ben Thomas was doing all he could for his beloved MDU but hope was lost

Too quick: Kilcunda-Bass’ Leigh Harrison evades a tackle from MDU’s Aden Harris.

At the last change Yarram had a 15 point lead but in general play, one felt that they had the game in their keeping. Yarram added goals to Griff and Ryan Underwood and Jesse Field (after a 100m penalty), while I-K got a belated goal to Tegg.

Wyatt named interleague best KORUMBURRA-BENA’S Tom Wyatt was named best Under 18 in the carnival at the recent junior interleague tournament during the week. Wyatt was vital in the Under 18 Alberton side’s single win for the day over

Gippsland League and played important roles in their losses to Mid-Gippsland and Ellinbank teams. The Under 16 side had similar results only taking one win against the Mid Gippsland League side. Fish Creek’s Gus Staley was named best player for Alberton’s Under 16s.

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Mid Gippsland League SENIORS LADDER Mirboo North ........ 231.35 Newborough ......... 171.75 Trafalgar ............... 138.84 Yinnar ................... 137.36 Boolarra ................ 135.89 Hill End .................. 100.59 Morwell East ............ 70.71 Thorpdale ................ 58.42 Yarragon .................. 46.56 Yall-Yall North .......... 57.62

48 44 40 40 36 28 16 16 8 4

RESERVES 56 44 36 36 32 24 20 16 8 8

THIRDS LADDER Yarragon ............... 717.00 Thorpdale ............. 270.58 Yinnar ................... 246.01 Newborough ......... 225.58 Trafalgar ................. 99.57 Mirboo North.......... 129.37 Boolarra ................... 63.28 Yall-Yall North .......... 61.39 Morwell East ............ 18.66 Hill End .................... 11.68

52 52 44 40 24 20 20 20 4 4

FOURTHS LADDER Yinnar ................. 1072.63 Yarragon ............... 497.91 Newborough ......... 177.30 Mirboo North ........ 167.34 Thorpdale ............... 92.43 Yall-Yall North ........ 113.05 Trafalgar ................... 19.62 Hill End .................... 18.67 Morwell East ............ 17.72

By Rover MIRBOO North’s annual journey to Yinnar ended disappointingly, with the Tigers going down to the Magpies by 29 points, on a lush playing surface in front of a bumper crowd. Despite its loss, Mir-

LADDER Newborough ......... 252.42 Yinnar ................... 382.13 Trafalgar ............... 161.18 Mirboo North ........ 154.17 Boolarra ................ 136.04 Hill End .................... 88.31 Morwell East ............ 65.30 Thorpdale ................ 54.89 Yall-Yall North .......... 36.50 Yarragon .................. 34.00

Tiger streak ends in Yinnar

56 48 48 36 32 28 12 12 8

boo North remains on top of the Mid Gippsland ladder, but Yinnar drops from third to fourth on percentage behind Trafalgar, after the Bloods’ 90-point caning of Thorpdale. The mighty Tigers wore black armbands, following the passing of Joan Snell, wife of the late Bill Snell, who played in three Mirboo North premierships and Essendon’s 1950

SENIORS Yinnar 14.11.95 d Mirboo North 9.12.66

THIRDS Yinnar 12.6.78 d Mirboo North 7.6.48

Yinnar goals: K. Grinstead-Jones 4, J. Swift 4, J. Roe-Duggan 2, P. Roberts 1, M. Webb 1, J. Bowe 1, S. Mills 1. Best: J. Bowe, B. Chapman, K. Grinstead-Jones, J. Winters, D. Webster, T. Hillier. Mirboo North goals: T. Traill 2, D. Pinneri 1, D. Turner 1, B. Waters 1, J. Brooks 1, L. Palmer 1, K. Berchtold 1, A. Bence 1. Best: S. Fragiacomo, K. Berchtold, D. Gunn, B. Waters, D. Pinneri, A. Bence.

Yinnar goals: J. Maggs 5, G. Olver 2, J. Hinde 1, D. Ormrod 1, D. Linton 1, C. Alexander 1, J. McGrath 1. Best: JJ. McGrath, G. Olver, T. Sewell, J. Maggs, B. Davey, E. Suares. Mirboo North goals: D. O’Keefe 2, J. Salinger 2, J. Richards 1, R. Oddy 1, L. Smit 1. Best: L. Smit, J. Redmond, G. Mihai, B. Richards, J. Salinger, D. O’Keefe.

RESERVES Yinnar 14.11.95 d Mirboo North 2.5.17

FOURTHS Yinnar 6.11.47 d Mirboo North 4.3.27

Yinnar goals: C. Harwood 5, M. Rennie 3, S. Embry 2, G. Richards 1, D. Yates 1, S. Leahy 1, L. Linton 1. Best: M. Nardino, D. Nardino, J. Shea, M. Rennie, S. Leahy, G. Richards. Mirboo North goals: B. Van Heurck 1, S. Lawson 1. Best: B. Harriage, S. Rogers, G. Mihai, B. Taylor, M. Taylor, S. Lawson.

Yinnar goals: J. Findlay 2, M. Renwick 1, K. Alexander 1, M. Lardner 1, P. McGrath 1. Best: M. Renwick, R. Hogarth, M. Renwick, J. Findlay, L. Griffiths, R. Flanigan. Mirboo North goals: J. Richards 1, R. Oddy 1, D. Huynh 1, T. Taylor 1. Best: Z. Porter, D. Huynh, T. Taylor, P. Hinkley, T. Bolton, J. Best.

senior and 1952 seconds flag sides. Mirboo North opened well, but failed to capitalize on three resourceful build-ups when two midrange set-shots from Brian “Muddy” Waters” and another by Simon Busuttil, all went wide of the big white sticks. Just when Mirboo North appeared to be motoring well and had its structures in place, the Magpies let rip with four brilliant goals in four minutes, that completely rattled the Tigers’ defence. Out of nowhere, the Magpies were suddenly winning all of the centre clearances and pumping the Sherrin into their forward-50 at a rapid rate. Nuggety small forward, Kane Grinstead-Jones, booted two majors after marking out front on fast leads and Jake Roe-Duggan slammed another home after accepting a superb pass from Liam Visser. In the midst of the mayhem, a trivia-buff asked anyone within earshot, if two players with hyphenated names had previously kicked the first three goals

of a footy match anywhere in Australia. Inside another minute, Joshua Swift kicked truly and the ‘Pies were leading by 21 points, 13 minutes into the first quarter. Mirboo North defiantly held on and recovered some lost ground when Joe Brooks brought up the Tigers’ first major, but soon after Swift scored again to give Yinnar a 23-point advantage at quarter-time. The Tigers had no solution to giant ruckman, Jesse Bowe’s height at the stoppages, where he won countless hit-outs for the Magpies. Sweeper, Brendan Chapman’s long kicking to half-forward was also causing the Tigers headaches, as Simon Fragiacomo, Dwayne Gunn and Drew Gardener battened down the hatches in the back half. Onballer, Waters, multi-purpose man, Kris Berchtold and midfielders Anthony Bence and Dom Pinneri were doing their best to keep Mirboo North within reach of the Magpies. As the match pro-

gressed through the second and third quarters, both sides were fairly evenly matched and after late goals from Berchtold and Pinneri, the Tigers trailed by 16 points at the last change. A quick goal by Yinnar at the start of the final term increased the Magpies’ lead to 25 points, before Tim Traill reduced it to 10 points after scoring two goals from outstanding marks. Yinnar added another four goals to put a wellearned victory beyond doubt, before Waters closed out the match with Mirboo North’s ninth and final major.

SENIORS Boolarra 12.10.82 d Morwell East 11.8.74 Boolarra goals: K. Towt 7, M. O’Sullivan 1, J. Battersby 1, J. Emery 1, J. Giardina 1, D. Metcalf 1. Best: S. Boddy, D. Metcalf, K. Towt, J. Emery, C. Riseley, M. O’Sullivan. Morwell East goals: S. Barnes 6, M. Brown 1, B. Francis 1, L. Towns 1, P. Henry 1, M. Brewer 1. Best: F. Marks, S. Barnes, M. Brown, B. Marks, L. Towns, M. Brewer.

RESERVES Boolarra 10.6.66 d Morwell East 9.7.61 Boolarra goals: J. Reid 4, T. Cooper 2, H. Grima 1, J. Kelly 1, R. Kelly 1, J. Wilson 1.

OTHER MATCHES SENIORS Newborough 17.17.119 d Yallourn-Yall Nth 11.5.71 Trafalgar 15.21.111 d Thorpdale 3.3.21 Hill End 18.17.125 d Yarragon 6.6.42 RESERVES Newborough 19.8.122 d Yallourn-Yall Nth 3.3.21 Trafalgar 19.10.124 d Thorpdale 3.0.18 Yarragon 7.10.52 d Hill End 4.6.30 THIRDS Newborough 12.13.85 d Yallourn-Yall Nth 2.4.16 Thorpdale 19.6.120 d Trafalgar 4.3.27 Yarragon 31.15.201 d Hill End 1.1.7 FOURTHS Newborough 8.6.54 d Yallourn-Yall Nth 2.3.15 Thorpdale 11.11.77 d Trafalgar 2.3.15 Yarragon 18.16.124 d Hill End 3.0.18

Best: J. Wilson, R. Beamish, J. Vuillermin, R. Kelly, J. Reid, T. Beamish. Morwell East goals: G. Deverell 5, W. Arnold 2, M. Lawrence 1, R. Shelton 1. Best: A. Shine, M. Menzies, T. Willis, T. Mowat, R. Shelton, M. Lawrence.

THIRDS Boolarra 14.11.95 d Morwell East 3.2.20 Boolarra goals: O. Gilpin 3, P. Thomas 3, A. Salerno 2, J. Battersby 2, J. Dudek 2, C. Noy 1, A. Peter 1. Best: L. Lewis, P. Thomas, O. Gilpin, C. Noy, A. Peter, J. McMillan. Morwell East goals: B. Aitken 1, R. Lawson-Pepper 1, J. McCubbin 1. Best: Z. Dore, C. Cowen, J. Cargill, J. Brewer, J. Pickett, B. Aitken.

Fish Creek take Toora win

Coach caught: Fish Creek coach Andrew Seccull gets crunched by a pair of Magpies at Toora on Saturday.

FISH Creek travelled over to Toora to take on the Magpies on Saturday in what was a cold but dry day on a fantastic Toora surface. Fish Creek won the first clearance and it was ominous signs for Toora when less than minute in Shaw had gathered and snapped the first goal of the day from 40 out. To the Magpies credit however they locked down the Kangas and after misses from both sides it was Toora new recruit Paul Ellis that had the next goal of the game at the 10 minute mark. A blow for Toora when its other new high profile recruit Scott Taylor exited the field with injury, he was not seem again. This seemed to spark the Kangaroos into action and over the course of the next eight minutes Fishy were able to kick goals to Shaw, Manne and Cooper to open

SENIORS Fish Creek 18.10.118 Toora & District 8.4.52 Fish Creek Goals: A. Seccull 4, J. Staley 4, T. Manne 2, J. Shaw 2, S. Buckley 1, D. Hanratty 1, C. Macri 1, B. Cooper 1, T. Woodall 1, M. Watkins 1 Toora Goals: P. Ellis 4, B. McGrath 1, J. Maurilli-Pullin 1, C. Hanratty 1, J. Mills 1 Fish Creek Best: C. Macri, J. Shaw, B. Cooper, J. Staley, S. Buckley, D. McKenzie Toora Best: M. Harris, J. Mills, P. Ellis, Z. Clavarino, B. Scammell, L. Toner

RESERVES Fish Creek 9.5.59 Toora & District 4.7.31 Leading Goalkicker: K. Sellings 4 (F) Fish Creek Best: T. Laaks, M. Francis, J. McKenzie, T. McGannon, K. Sellings, P. Mueller

up a bit of a break on the Magpies. Toora managed to sneak a goal to Maurilli-Pullin just prior to quarter time and what Toora game would be without the customary Hanger from Cat Grant which was also provided just before the first break. Into the second quarter and the Fish Creek coach Seccull pushed forward reaping almost immediate rewards when he kicked two goals in two minutes before Manne kicked another to push the margin out to 30 points half way through the term. Toora through Ellis again clawed one back before the Fish Creek coach Seccull added another and his third for the quarter. Maurilli-Pullin then added one more for Toora but Fish Creek were able to answer again immediately through Jake Staley. Toora were being well served by coach Mills as well as on-baller Harris and new recruit Ellis. While for Fishy Macri

Toora Best: B. Doran, T. Allott, H. Hanratty, S. Kohlman, L. Whittle, C. Fowler

THIRDS Fish Creek 18.13.121 Toora & District 5.1.31 Leading Goalkicker: R. McGannon 6 (F) Fish Creek Best: R. McGannon, E. Park, T. Smith, D. Mulholland, J. O’Sullivan, K. Byers Toora Best: B. Doran, M. Edwards, S. Argento, J. Mason, B. East, A. Hewson

FOURTHS Fish Creek 18.12.120 Toora & District 0.0.0 Leading Goalkicker: G. Park 7 (F) Fish Creek Best: D. McKay, B. Rogers, C. Tracy, L. Buckland, C. Buckland, H. Krause Toora Best: K. Morgan, J. Platt, A. Hewson, C. Edwards, L. Hateley, J. Cripps

continued his good form with Cooper, Shaw and Coach Seccull on fire up forward, the margin at the long break 30 points. After the break and it was the Fish Creek coach that continued on his good form adding the first goal of the second half and his fourth for the match. Further goals to Hanratty, Macri and Ireland before the Magpies clawed one back. Fishy dominated the quarter however and further goals to Jake Staley two, Shaw and Woodall had blown the game out and extended the margin out beyond 10 goals. Toora again managed to sneak the final goal of the quarter again to Ellis who will be good player in our league and at the final break the margin was at 63 points. The final quarter underway and true to form Fish Creek was dealt another injury blow with Lachie Park going down with an ankle injury that would see him assisted from the field and taking no further part. A fairly lethargic final quarter came from Fish Creek who seemed to be just going through the motions with some inaccuracy creeping in with its goal kicking. Toora kept battling however and two goals each for the quarter was a good result for them in a fairly subdued finish to the match. The final margin 66 points in favor of Fish Creek. Fish Creek is at home next week to the Allies while Toora head off to the racecourse to take on Stony Creek.

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Through the frame: Alex O’Sullivan rides Voe through an obstacle at the Melbourne International Three Day Event.

Local riders compete at international event Top surfer: Phillip Island’s Nikki Van Dijk took out the Be The Influence Surf Pro on the weekend. Photo courtesy Association of Surfing Professionals.

Van Dijk a surfing influence PHILLIP Island’s Nikki Van Dijk was in ominous form throughout the entire Be The Influence Surf Pro this week taking out the women’s division. Van Dijk posted six of the top ten wave scores in her division and carried that form into the final against EllieJean Coffey. Posting excellent scores courtesy of her razor sharp turns and gouges Van Dijk managed to claim top honours.

“I was lucky in the final to get some scores early because there was a long lull in the middle,” Van Dijk said. “At the start of the final I had a flashback to the Newcastle Pro Junior final where Ellie-Jean (Coffey) and I matched up and she beat me, so I wanted to get her back and I was thinking ‘not again, this one is mine’. I’m really happy to get back in competition mode because it had been a while. I’m feeling good and ready for the ASP 6-Star World Tour events that are coming up in the US and Europe.“

YOUNG local horse riders Alex O’Sullivan and Molly Barry recently competed at the Melbourne International Three Day Event where they were required to complete in dressage, cross country and show jumping. The cross country course, designed by Ewan Kellet, saw plenty of thrills and spills in the Senior CCI 1star section but the CCI 1star Junior’s seemed to handle the same test fairly well. The course was around 4km in length with most fences being around 1.10m in height and anywhere up to 1.8m in width. The course included a big drop into water

and the well known and feared ‘Ariat’ ditch and brush. Riders rode through the famous Werribee Park rose gardens with the picturesque Werribee Mansion as a back drop to the final part of the cross country course. It also included an antique wagon donated for the event and a tricky treble of narrow wine barrels and the final fence was a huge picture frame which was shared by the one, two and three star riders. Both Molly and Alex were delighted to finish the cross country and go onto show jump on the third day of competition. The girls finished 17th and 18th respectively and are already setting goals for the next season of eventing.

Young sailors hit Albert Park SOUTH Gippsland Yacht Club Inverloch had two of its junior members attending the Albert Park Yacht Club’s Winter Sail three day instruction regatta last weekend. Abbey Argus-Smith and Jacob Horton spent three days learning the technical aspects of sailing their Laser boats on Albert Park Lake with a race series on the last day where Jacob received second place. The regatta attracted sailors from all over the state in Lasers, Optimists, Cadets and Pacers with over 100 juniors on the water. Instruction was given by Yachting Victoria instructors for all classes of boat. The two came away with further knowledge on their Laser class on how to handle their boats in varying conditions.

Over and out: Molly Barry and Jumpin’ Jack get over a jump at the event.

Young sailors: Jacob Horton and Abbey ArgusSmith got out on Albert Park Lake recently for a regatta in their Laser sail boats.

Nerrena CC life members honoured THE Nerrena Cricket Club held a life member lunch at the Leongatha RSL recently to honour its life members.

Life members: back, from left, Gary McGrath, David Shambrook, Clive Salmon, Brian Salmon, Graeme Salmon, Ian Salmon, Ben Croatto, Janine Clark, middle, Tim Clark, Terry Clark, Ronnie Adkins, Wayne Telfer, Paddy Cummins, Graham Wightman, Murray Wightman, Peter Trease, Ashley Harrison, front, Kath Clark, Allan Christoffersen, Peter Clark, Russell Harrison, Pearl Christoffersen and Lita Clark. Absent were Jan Salmon, Steve Wilson, Mick Hemming, Kevin Clark and David Trotman.

Over 60 people attended this very successful day, where the club presented life members with a badge in recognition of their years of service and dedication to the club. It was extremely pleasing 23 of the 28 living life members were in attendance with apologies from four others. Clive Salmon and Peter (Dick) Clark responded on behalf of the life members thanking the club for the day, both portraying the pride and passion of people involved in the 77 year history of the Nerrena Cricket Club. Dick commented that when he started playing in 1949 there were seven small districts around Leongatha that each had a cricket team with Nerrena being the only one of these still in its own right today. The day was so enjoyable that there were calls to make the Life Members Luncheon an annual get together in the off season. The club has lost contact with one life member and would be grateful if anyone could put us in touch with Steve Wilson, former Leongatha Tyre fitter and Saint John Ambulance Officer, please contact president Terry Clark 0428 644 237. The next event on the club’s agenda is the annual general meeting to be held in the Leongatha RSL on Wednesday, July 24 at 7.30pm.

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Parrots claim local derby LEONGATHA has kept its slim final’s hopes alive with a surprise win over Wonthaggi Power on Sunday by just one goal. This clash between these traditional rivals always attracts a big audience and this one was no different even though conditions were cold and slippery. And as always the game was a fierce contest from the very first bounce. Injuries and illness have taken their toll on both sides this season with Leongatha only recently finding the promising form predicted preseason. Wonthaggi, undoubtedly the big improvers in the Gippsland League, were suddenly hit with a series of injuries to key players. This game would really test the character and depth of both clubs.

The return of players over the next few weeks could ultimately spell the season’s success or otherwise. Wonthaggi was looking to consolidate its position in the top five while Leongatha was looking to keep its hopes of final’s action alive after their slow start to the season. The intensity was well set in the pattern of the day’s play from the outset and it was obvious that scoring would be difficult. There would be no easy gather or disposal. Wonthaggi started well but as usual had difficulty finding the goals. Both sides were going in hard and it was Wonthaggi’s small men, Andrew Murray, Leigh Warnett, Michael Kelly and Joel Liddle who were most damaging around the ground and around the developing packs. The game was not pretty but the big crowd was enjoy-

Flying high: Leongatha has front position in the marking duel in the seniors match against Power on Sunday at Wonthaggi.

ing the solid tackling and attack on the ball, appreciating also the enormous challenge of the slippery, wet conditions. Wonthaggi’s defence was solid with Tim Gilliland, Matt Coyne, Byron Dryden and Aaron Gilmartin standing up to the pressure but Leongatha’s defence and midfielders was equally as defiant, led by Rhett McLennan, Pat Contin, Hayden Browne, Zac Vernon and Jason Tomada. Lucas White was doing well around the ground for Wonthaggi and Chris Wylie was playing a lone hand in the ruck. It was obvious that the backmen of both sides were on top as the ball rebounded back and forth between the half forward lines. The only goal for both sides came from a frustrating 50 metre penalty against Wonthaggi and Blake Van Rooy made no mistake. The second quarter saw the Parrots make a good start with majors to Cade Maskell and Nick Nagel but the Power responded with strong play and goals to Troy Harley, who continued to present well up forward, and the ever dangerous Travis Krause. Wonthaggi’s points tally continued to mount as it missed important shots at goal. Matt Willcocks who was providing drive around the ground for Leongatha goaled but Krause popped up again with another goal, running beautifully into space and putting himself right in front. Youngster Andrew Murray put Wonthaggi in front just on half time by the narrow margin of four points. It had been an even battle so far and the crowd sensed that they were in for a lot more entertainment before the day was out. Would the pattern of play continue as it done or would one side step up and split the game open? That question would be answered quickly as Leongatha kicked the first goal through Nick Nagel, followed by a long goal from Pat McGrath who was providing

solid run around the packs into the forward line. Parrots captain, Chris Verboon and Jason Tomada were also providing the drive and leadership the Parrots were looking for and it was obvious that Leongatha had lifted their work rate and applying even more pressure on Wonthaggi who were now trying to play catch up football. Wonthaggi failed to score this quarter and it was hard to see where their goals would come from. It was getting darker, the lights were put on and it wasn’t even the end of the third quarter yet. The loss of Krause didn’t help Wonthaggi’s cause either but on the score-board they were still not out of the game. “Get yourself involved and win the footy” were the Wonthaggi coach’s words and the game was still there to be won. Wonthaggi lifted and continued to attack but again their inaccuracy was costly. They needed goals not points. Leongatha was defending well, standing up to the pressure they knew would come and didn’t panic. The Parrots’ disposal was cleaner than Wonthaggi and when they had an opportunity to go forward into their scoring zone they didn’t waste it. A sensational long kick from Hillberg gave them the goal they needed and Maskell

provided the sealer, running into an open goal. Two late goals to Jack Blair brought Wonthaggi closer but they fell short by six points. Bad kicking had again been costly with a further 8 points added for the quarter along with several out of bounds. What is it they often say “bad kicking is bad football!” Nothing however could be taken away from the Parrots brave win. They had worked hard all day in tough conditions and they were rewarded with a character

SENIORS Leongatha 9.4.58 d Wonthaggi 6.16.52 Leongatha Goals: N. Nagel 3, C. Maskell 2, P. McGrath 1, M. Willcocks 1, A. Hillberg 1, B. Vanrooy 1. Best: J. Tomada, R. McLennan, C. Verboon, H. Browne, P. Contin, N. Nagel. Wonthaggi Goals: J. Blair 2, T. Krause 2, A. Murray 1, T. Harley 1. Best: T. Harley, J. Liddle, B. Dryden, T. Gilliland, L. White, M. Kelly.

RESERVES Wonthaggi 7.14.56 d Leongatha 2.2.14 Wonthaggi Goals: R. Tack 4, A. Zanella 1, J. Olden 1, R. Todd 1. Best: A. Jerrard, K. Atkinson, R. Tack, J. Olden, W. Joplin, B. Hughes. Leongatha Goals: J. Kilsby 1. Best: S. Vagg, C. Rump, G. Fleming, J. O’Loughlin, M. Davies.

UNDER 18s Wonthaggi 10.9.69 d Leongatha 5.6.36

building victory. They had squared the ledger for the season and earned the bragging rights that go with that win against a well-respected rival. Could it be also the start of a run into the finals, something that seemed out of the question only a few weeks ago? Leongatha has winnable games against Drouin (away) this week followed by one at home to Warragul so who knows? Wonthaggi hope to get back to the winner’s list as they host Warragul.

Wonthaggi Goals: J. Membrey 4, P. Dunlevie 2, J. Read 1, E. Senior 1, L. O’Connor 1, P. Ryan 1. Best: J. Fletcher, P. Ryan, J. Membrey, P. Dunlevie, S. Joma, L. Membrey. Leongatha Goals: N. Argento 2, K. Materia 1, B. Davidson 1, N. Tuckett 1. Best: M. Dennison, A. Taranto, J. Bolge, B. Davidson, M. Olden, N. Argento.

UNDER 16s Leongatha 5.10.40 d Wonthaggi 5.4.34 Leongatha Goals: T. Sauvarin 2, N. Argento 1, B. Moscript 1, J. Ginnane 1. Best: L. Riseley, K. Cooper, B. Moscript, T. Sauvarin, M. Olden, B. Smith. Wonthaggi Goals: M. Marotta 2, E. Senior 1, H. Suckling 1, B. Bayne 1. Best: L. Dyball, M. Marotta, H. Suckling, E. Senior, D. Rielly, B. Fletcher.

Trafalgar.......11 0 0 Leongatha .....11 0 0 Yinnar..........6 3 0 Hill & Rovers..8 3 0 Moe Blues.....7 4 0 Mirboo North ..6 5 0 Moe Maroons...4 7 0 New Blues .......4 7 0 Youth Club ......4 7 0 New Reds........2 9 2 Mor Tigers ......1 10 0 Yallourn Nth ....0 11 0

900.00 613.24 260.87 212.80 202.13 92.20 81.57 70.43 29.86 42.04 19.31 7.23

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44 44 32 32 28 24 16 16 16 8 4 0

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Leongatha .....11 0 0 1515.79 New Reds .....10 1 0 328.08 New Blues.....9 2 0 200.37 Trafalgar.......8 3 0 262.42 Youth Club ....7 4 0 287.28 Yinnar .............6 5 0 106.58 Moe Maroons..5 6 0 93.77 Moe Blues .......5 6 0 63.13 Mor Tigers ......2 9 0 44.57 Hill & Rovers ...2 9 0 42.91 Mirboo North...1 10 0 30.26 Yallourn Nth ....0 11 0 14.35

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44 40 36 32 28 24 20 20 8 8 4 0

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Youth Club ....11 0 0 New Blues.....8 2 0 Leongatha .....9 2 0 New Reds .....8 3 0 Trafalgar.......7 4 0 Moe Blues .......7 4 0 Moe Maroons...5 6 0 Yinnar .............5 6 0 Hill & Rovers ...2 9 0 Mirboo North ..2 9 0 Mor Tigers ......1 10 0 Yallourn Nth ....0 11 0

210.58 261.60 179.71 262.22 180.92 146.45 129.26 105.79 36.78 35.25 34.98 26.95

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44 36 36 32 28 28 20 20 8 8 4 0

UNDER 10 Leongatha 5.8.38 d Moe Maroons 3.2.20 Leongatha goalkickers: J. Burns 2, E. Lamers 2, T. Collins, R. Weaver. Best: Z. Scholz, T. Roberts, C. Prosser, P. Nguyen, F. Moon, M. McGrath. UNDER 12 Leongatha 7.15.57 d Moe Maroons 1.0.6 UNDER 14 Leongatha 12.13.85 d Moe Maroons 10.3.63 Leongatha goal kickers: N. Trotto 5, D. Ginnane 3, J. Dunn 2, T. Westaway , Z. Van Delft. Leongatha best players: C. Alexander, N. Battersby, L. Thomas, Z. Caughey, T. Evans, N. Trotto.

Cup derby: from left Leongatha Seniors captain Chris Verboon, former Australian rules footballer and four-time premiership coach David Parkin OAM and Wonthaggi Power Seniors captain Tim Gilliland caught up before the big local derby on Sunday at Wonthaggi that saw the Parrots fly home with The Great Southern Star and Sentinel Times Cup.

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Warragul ...10 2 0 177.73 Wonthaggi..10 2 0 173.29 Sale .......... 8 4 0 161.49 Traralgon .... 6 6 0 154.74 Morwell ..... 6 5 0 122.87 Maffra ...........5 6 0 108.32 Leongatha .....4 7 0 103.12 Drouin ...........2 9 0 33.01 Moe...............1 11 0 24.80 GOALKICKERS

Pts

40 40 32 24 24 20 16 8 4

B. Monahan (Warragul)....... (3) 43 R. Tack (Wonthaggi) ........... (4) 42 J. Freeman (Sale) ................ (1) 24 J. Langshaw (Maffra) .......... (4) 18 S. Ferguson (Sale) .............. (1) 18 A. Dugan (Traralgon)........... (0) 17 B. McDonald (Morwell) ....... (0) 15 S. Winmar (Traralgon) ........ (2) 14 N. Scurrah (Morwell) .......... (0) 14 R. Todd (Wonthaggi) ........... (1) 14

PTS

Traralgon ..11 2 0 374.79 44 Sale ........11 2 0 186.47 44 Bairnsdale..10 3 0 248.51 40 Wonthaggi..10 3 0 175.60 40 Drouin ...... 7 6 0 104.05 28 Warragul ......5 8 0 64.57 20 Maffra ..........4 9 0 87.82 16 Leongatha ....4 9 0 81.23 16 Morwell ........2 11 0 52.97 8 Moe..............1 12 0 12.87 4 GOALKICKERS C. Nickels (Traralgon)........ (17) 61 J. Zahra (Wonthaggi) .......... (0) 28 B. McCarrey (Bairnsdale) .... (3) 26 J. Murphy (Sale) ................. (0) 25 E. Johnson (Sale) ................ (2) 24 B. Darby-Lock (Morwell) ..... (0) 23 J. Vucenovic (Traralgon) ..... (0) 19 J. McIntosh (Sale)............... (3) 19 A. Ferreira-Neto (Won) ........ (0) 19 W. Pleming (Maffra) ............ (2) 16 D. Hack (Bairnsdale) ........... (0) 16 B. Davidson (Leongatha)..... (1) 16

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Traralgon ..13 0 0 456.77 Sale ........11 2 0 670.51 Moe ........10 3 0 228.08 Bairnsdale.. 8 5 0 173.67 Warragul ... 8 5 0 115.68 Maffra....... 7 6 0 90.28 Leongatha ....4 9 0 54.14 Drouin ..........2 11 0 35.51 Morwell ........2 11 0 25.28 Wonthaggi....0 13 0 12.41 GOALKICKERS

Legend: Wonthaggi Power’s Rod Tack ran out through a special banner on Sunday in the Reserves against Leongatha to mark his 300th game for the club.

Tack marks 300th game AJFL UNDER 11 Leongatha 2.2.14 lt Dalyston 3.2.20 Leongatha goals: R. Patterson , C. Russell. Best: C. Michael, C. Russell, K. Clarkson, A. Trease, A. Mancarella, T. Bacon.

UNDER 13 Leongatha 1.6.12 lt Dalyston 3.11.29 Leongatha goals: C. Olden. Best: J. Gourlay, D. Williams, O. Schnoor, B. Hastings, C. Olden, T. Van der Kolk.

Sale ........12 1 0 189.77 48 Morwell ...10 3 0 166.38 40 Maffra....... 9 4 0 148.35 36 Traralgon ... 8 5 0 153.05 32 Wonthaggi .. 8 5 0 135.63 32 Bairnsdale ....7 6 0 92.19 28 Leongatha ....5 8 0 84.55 20 Warragul ......4 9 0 69.05 16 Drouin ..........1 12 0 49.28 4 Moe..............1 12 0 43.86 4 GOALKICKERS D. Sheen (Maffra) ............. (17) 80 M. Davis (Sale) ................... (5) 48 C. Maskell (Leongatha) ....... (2) 44 K. Fraser (Sale) ................... (5) 38 J. Gibbs (Bairnsdale)........... (2) 35 D. Bedggood (Maffra) ......... (7) 34 D. MacDonald (Morwell) ..... (0) 29 D. O’Connor (Wonthaggi).... (0) 26 M. Johnston (Morwell) ....... (1) 26 J. Hall (Traralgon) ............... (2) 25

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330 club: Rod Tack, Wonthaggi Power played his 300th game for the local club on Sunday.

ROD Tack ran through a special banner on Saturday at the start of the Wonthaggi Power v Leongatha Reserves match marking his 300th game of football for the local side. With 300 games and

more than 1000 career goals to his credit, Tack is a well known and respected player around Gippsland. Tack starting off in the seniors for the Wonthaggi Rovers in 1992, he has played with a number of clubs including two years at Hillend, Tarwin where he coached for a year, then back with the Wonthaggi

Blues for three years, Dalyston for 12 months then back to play with the merged Wonthaggi Power. Booting four goals in the match against Leongatha on Saturday, the Power Reserves celebrated a big win, beating the Parrots 56 to 14 and Tack was chaired off the ground by his team mates.

Pts

52 44 40 32 32 28 16 8 8 0

B. Scott (Sale) ..................... (8) 90 L. Robinson (Bairnsdale) .... (0) 31 T. Morrow (Moe) ................. (3) 30 J. Orlicki (Warragul) ............ (0) 27 L. Di Ciero (Traralgon)......... (4) 24 K. Stamers (Traralgon) ........ (3) 23 K. Renooy (Maffra) ............. (0) 22 K. Hynes (Bairnsdale) ......... (0) 22 J. McMahon (Trararalgon) .. (0) 22 J. Appleyard (Moe) ............. (0) 21

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